Sri Lanka

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department has taken to seek to ensure a long-term ceasefire in Sri Lanka.

Bill Rammell: We are extremely concerned about the situation in Sri Lanka. On 29 January 2009, my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. We have made clear to the Government of Sri Lanka that a political solution that addresses the legitimate concerns of all communities in Sri Lanka is the only way to bring a sustainable end to the conflict.

Sri Lanka

Celia Barlow: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment is of the political situation in Sri Lanka.

Bill Rammell: The recent military advances of the Sri Lankan Government and the subsequent humanitarian crisis make a sustained drive for a lasting political solution to the conflict all the more urgent. We have made clear to the Government of Sri Lanka that a political solution that addresses the legitimate concerns of all communities in Sri Lanka is the only way to bring a sustainable end to the conflict.

Sri Lanka

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department has taken to seek to ensure a lasting ceasefire in Sri Lanka.

Bill Rammell: We are extremely concerned about the situation in Sri Lanka. Or 29 January, my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. We have made clear to the Government of Sri Lanka that a political solution that addresses the legitimate concerns of all communities in Sri Lanka is the only way to bring a sustainable end to the conflict.

Prohibited Individuals: Zimbabwe

Nigel Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department has taken to seek to ensure a lasting ceasefire in Sri Lanka.

Gillian Merron: Two hundred and three individuals associated with the Zimbabwean government, as constituted prior to the inauguration of Prime Minister Tsvangirai, are subject to an EU-wide travel ban and an assets freeze. This includes twenty-seven people added to the list by the EU on 26 January 2009.

Afghanistan

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of progress against the objectives of UK foreign policy in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

Bill Rammell: Much has been achieved across Afghanistan since 2001, including in the south. For example, all the major towns in Helmand are now under the government of Afghanistan's control and the insurgency has been pushed out of its traditional heartland.

Mumbai: Terrorist Attacks

Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Pakistan on steps that country could take with India to prosecute all those involved in the terrorist attacks on Mumbai.

Bill Rammell: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary last discussed the Mumbai attacks with Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi on 7 February 2009. The recent steps Pakistan has taken towards prosecution of those responsible are welcome. The UK will continue to press the government of Pakistan for faster and further progress, and for effective action to break up the terrorist networks operating within its borders.

Common Foreign and Security Policy

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his Czech counterpart on the Czech Presidency's priorities for the EU's common foreign and security policy.

Caroline Flint: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has spoken to Czech Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg about the Presidency's priority foreign policy issues on a number of occasions, including by phone on 4 January 2009, and in person ahead of the General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting on 26 January 2009 in Brussels. He also took part in a plenary discussion of the Czech Presidency Priorities at that same meeting.

British Nationality: Detainees

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer of 12 November 2008,  Official Report, column 1183W, on British nationality: detainees, and with reference to the Minister of State's letter of 10 December 2008 to the hon. Member for Chichester, in how many of the four cases  (a) the British nationals complained of mistreatment,  (b) consular access was requested,  (c) consular access was granted and  (d) the detainees were visited by other British officials.

Bill Rammell: holding answer 12 January 2009
	Two of the four British nationals alleged that they were ill-treated at the time of their release. However, we have no record of them pursuing the matter with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
	Consular access was requested in all four cases.
	Consular access was granted to the two individuals detained in Bangladesh. Consular access was granted only to the two individuals detained in Syria at the end of their periods of detention, immediately prior to their deportation.
	We can neither confirm nor deny whether other UK officials met any of these individuals to discuss non-consular matters.

Members: Correspondence

Alan Reid: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute of 21 November 2008 and 22 December 2008 on correspondence from a constituent about Israel and Palestine.

Gillian Merron: holding answer 10 February 2009
	I apologise for the delay in replying to the hon. Member. A reply will be sent out shortly.

Pakistan: Nuclear Power

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made to the Pakistani authorities on the decision to release A Q Khan from house arrest; and if he will make a statement.

David Miliband: I met Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi on 7 February 2009. I expressed concern about the release of AQ Khan and made clear that the UK would still like to see AQ Khan interviewed about his proliferation activities. These concerns have been further reinforced with the Pakistani authorities in Islamabad at senior level through the acting high commissioner who also sought reassurance that AQ Khan would not be able to continue his proliferation activities.

Sri Lanka: Armed Conflict

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken in co-operation with international counterparts and organisations to bring about a peaceful solution to the Tamil conflict in Sri Lanka.

Bill Rammell: holding answer of 29 January 2009
	My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made clear that the UK wants to see an end to the conflict and a new drive for a lasting political solution. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary repeated the Prime Minister's call in his statement on 29 January urging the Government of Sri Lanka to announce a humanitarian ceasefire. He made this clear when he spoke to President Rajapakse on 30 January 2009. Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials are in regular contact with the EU, Commonwealth and UN member state counterparts about the situation in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka: Armed Conflict

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken in co-operation with international counterparts to persuade the government of Sri Lanka to allow access for UN and international observers in the northern region of the country.

David Miliband: The UK regularly lobbies the Government of Sri Lanka to allow full humanitarian access, including monitoring in the northern regions, which are most affected by the conflict. This is done both bilaterally in talks with the Sri Lankan Government and in conjunction with international partners, through the EU, Commonwealth and UN.
	My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister raised the issue of humanitarian access to the Vanni in his letter to President Rajapakse in January 2009. I also raised telephone conversations with President Rajapakse and the Foreign Minister Bogollogama, most recently on 13 February 2009.
	My noble Friend Lord Malloch-Brown made clear in his address to the Human Rights Council in March 2008 that the UK supports a stronger mandate and presence for the UN human rights mission for Sri Lanka.

Departmental Drinking Water

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2009,  Official Report, column 196W, on departmental drinking water, what reductions in the number of water coolers are planned.

Shaun Woodward: We plan to reduce the overall number of water coolers by around 10 in the course of the next 12 months.

Departmental Television

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2008,  Official Report, column 995W, on departmental television, what criteria are used to decide which television subscriptions to subscribe to.

Shaun Woodward: Access is provided to TV channels to meet business requirements, and for Ministers and staff who are working away from home.

Departmental Television

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2008,  Official Report, column 995W, on departmental television, what criteria are used to decide which makes of television are purchased.

Shaun Woodward: The televisions purchased by the Department were selected because they were fit for purpose and represented value for money.

Departmental Travel

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2008,  Official Report, columns 995-6W, on departmental travel, how much was spent on hotels used by his Department's staff in  (a) 2003-04,  (b) 2004-05,  (c) 2005-06 and  (d) 2006-07.

Shaun Woodward: Prior to 2007-08, the Northern Ireland Office recorded expenditure relating to hotels under the general expense heading of overnight subsistence. The extraction of hotel costs would require the manual investigation of transactions within the overnight subsistence heading which could be done only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Travel

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2009,  Official Report, column 729W, on departmental travel, how much was spent by his Department's agencies on  (a) staff travel within the UK and  (b) international staff travel in each year since 1997.

Shaun Woodward: As each of the Northern Ireland Office's agencies maintain their own finance systems, there are differences in the information that can be provided.
	
		
			  Northern Ireland Prison Service 
			  £ 
			   Within UK  Outside UK  Total 
			 1997-98 (1)— (1)— 948,884 
			 1998-99 (1)— (1)— 1,780,058 
			 1999-2000 (1)— (1)— 1,578,014 
			 2000-01 (1)— (1)— 1,453,299 
			 2001-02 (1)— (1)— 2,002,319 
			 2002-03 (1)— (1)— 1,383,910 
			 2003-04 1,382,452 735 1,383,187 
			 2004-05 1,791,044 645 1,791,689 
			 2005-06 1,860,508 4,330 1,864,838 
			 2006-07 1,634,440 3,805 1,638,245 
			 2007-08 1,415,943 2,051 1,417,994 
			 (1) Not available. 
		
	
	The Northern Ireland Prison Service is able to provide a breakdown of UK and international travel expenditure from 2003-04 in the format required. To split the expenditure in the same way prior to this would involve a manual investigation of all claims which would incur disproportionate costs.
	
		
			  Compensation Agency 
			  £ 
			   Within UK  Outside UK  Total 
			 1997-98 (1)— (1)— 12,474 
			 1998-99 (1)— (1)— 14,066 
			 1999-2000 (1)— (1)— 12,807 
			 2000-01 (1)— (1)— 16,533 
			 2001-02 (1)— (1)— 10,211 
			 2002-03 (1)— (1)— 24,413 
			 2003-04 (1)— (1)— 21,151 
			 2004-05 (1)— (1)— 17,281 
			 2005-06 (1)— (1)— 17,174 
			 2006-07 (1)— (1)— 13,342 
			 2007-08 (1)— (1)— 6,618 
			 (1) Not available. 
		
	
	Compensation Agency expenditure on travel is grouped under the same heading as subsistence. The figures therefore include both travel and subsistence. To provide separate costs and give details of whether the staff travel was within or outside the UK can be done only at disproportionate cost.
	
		
			  Youth Justice Agency 
			  £ 
			   Within UK  Outside UK  Total 
			 1997-98 (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			 1998-99 (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			 1999-2000 (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			 2000-01 (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			 2001-02 (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			 2002-03 (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			 2003-04 184,499 0 184,499 
			 2004-05 173,318 0 173,318 
			 2005-06 192,926 0 192,926 
			 2006-07 244,107 535 244,642 
			 2007-08 225,663 0 225,663 
			 (1) Not applicable 
		
	
	The Youth Justice Agency was launched on 1 April 2003.
	
		
			  Forensic Science Agency of Northern Ireland 
			  £ 
			   Within UK  Outside UK  Total 
			 1997-98 (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			 1998-99 (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			 1999-2000 (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			 2000-01 (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			 2001-02 (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			 2002-03 (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			 2003-04 (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			 2004-05 (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			 2005-06 (1)— (1)— (1)— 
			 2006-07 (1)— (1)— 107,127 
			 2007-08 (1)— (1)— 111,182 
			 (1) Not available. 
		
	
	FSNI's current finance system has only been in operation since 2006-07 and groups expenditure on travel under the same heading as subsistence. To provide the other information requested would involve a manual investigation of claims and could be done only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Visits Abroad

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2008,  Official Report, column 1996W, on departmental visits abroad, what the purpose was of each of the visits to the US.

Shaun Woodward: My previous answer included official visits made by me, the Minister of State for Northern Ireland and officials.
	The United States has played and continues to play a critical role in the political process. Their involvement is crucial in securing further progress towards the devolution of policing and justice and investment in Northern Ireland. Successive Secretaries of State have worked closely with the United States and have made regular visits to discuss policy. I continue this policy.
	In addition officials have gone to the United States on official business for the purposes of learning and sharing knowledge (e.g. presenting evidence at the United Nations building).
	All travel is undertaken in accordance with departmental rules and the Civil Service Management Code.

By-Elections: Glenrothes

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the implications of the marked register from the Glenrothes by-election going missing for his responsibility for policy for the conduct of elections in Scotland; what discussions he has had with the Scottish Courts Service on the matter; when the marked register should have been lodged with the Courts Service; and if he will make a statement.

Ann McKechin: Following UK Parliament elections, certain election documents and records, including the marked register currently, must be sent to the relevant sheriff clerk for storage. After one year the records must be destroyed. Following a Scotland Office consultation last year, responsibility for the retention and supply of post-election documents and records for UK Parliament elections is to be transferred from sheriff clerks to returning officers. The amendment is being made through the Political Parties and Elections Bill currently before Parliament. This will bring Scotland more in to line with the arrangements in England and Wales as well as with the existing arrangements for local authority and European Parliament elections in Scotland. The intention is to make similar provision for Scottish Parliament election records through secondary legislation.
	I am aware that the Scottish Courts Service has commissioned an independent investigation into the particular circumstances of the loss of the marked register from the Glenrothes by-election and it would not, therefore, be appropriate for me to comment. Neither the Secretary of State nor I have had discussions with the Scottish Courts Service about the matter.

Departmental Sick Leave

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 
	(1)  how many staff in his Department were on sick leave for  (a) over 30 days,  (b) over 50 days and  (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years;
	(2)  how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.

Ann McKechin: All staff are on secondment from the Scottish Executive or the Ministry of Justice; who as parent Departments have absence management policies that apply to those of their staff working in this Office. We do not maintain a separate central record of sick absences. Such records are held by the parent Departments who publish their sick absence statistics.

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many contacts there were between British forces and anti-coalition militia in Afghanistan in each month since June 2006.

John Hutton: The Ministry of Defence is currently collating and validating the data needed to answer this question. I will write to the hon. Member when this work is complete, and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many contacts between British and anti-coalition militia forces there have been in Helmand province in each roulement since June 2006.

John Hutton: The Ministry of Defence is currently collating and validating the data needed to answer this question. I will write to the hon. Member when this work is complete, and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.

EU Battlegroups

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 3 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1116W, on Netherlands: military exercises, whether the training exercise planned for 2009 will be used to meet the EU certification requirement for the UK's commitment to the EU Battlegroup for the first half of 2010.

Bob Ainsworth: No. There will be a separate training exercise in November 2009 which will be used to validate the UK commitment to the EU Battlegroup.

Accessibility and Equalities Directorate

Kelvin Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the answer of 27 January 2009,  Official Report, column 298W, on the Accessibility and Equalities Directorate, what timetable he has set for considering options for the management of his Department's business in relation to the work carried out by the Accessibility and Equalities Directorate.

Geoff Hoon: I have not set a timetable. The Permanent Secretary is responsible for the effective management of staff and resources to achieve all departmental goals, including the promotion of greater equality of opportunity for all citizens.

Departmental Pay

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has allocated for staff bonuses in 2008-09.

Geoff Hoon: The Department for Transport comprises a central Department plus seven executive agencies each with its own pay and reward system. Information regarding non-consolidated performance pay has been collected from the central Department and all seven agencies.
	The Department has allocated £12,336,194 for non-consolidated performance payments to staff in 2008-09.
	The total paybill for the Department for 2008-09 is £606,890,207, non-consolidated performance payments represent 2.03 per cent. of the paybill.
	Non-consolidated performance pay is funded within existing paybill controls and has to be re-earned each year against pre-determined targets. It is paid in respect of exceptional overall performance or exceptional performance on a specific task or at a specific time and, as such, does not add to future pay bill costs.

Railways: Finance

Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 5 February 2009,  Official Report, column 50WS, on rail services, whether the fund for the provision of rail services promoted by local authorities or passenger transport authorities will come from the rail budget; how many projects he estimates will meet his Department's criteria for funding in this manner; what representations he has received from local authorities on the number of projects that are likely to meet his Department's criteria; whether capital projects designed to enhance capacity on the rail network will be applicable for such funding; and whether he plans to allow private sector organisations to bid for capital projects on the railways under the fund.

Paul Clark: A fund for supporting rail services initially funded by local authorities and passenger transport executives (PTEs) will be formally established at the time the high level output specification for the period 2014-19 is published in 2012. As the fund has only just been announced, we have yet to receive representations from local authorities and therefore have no precise number of the projects likely to meet the Department for Transport's criteria for funding from this initiative in the period 2014-19. This fund does not include capital funding for projects. Local authorities and regions can already recommend to Ministers that regional funding allocations can be used for investment in rail schemes.

Capital Gains Tax

Vincent Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate what the cost to the Exchequer would be of exempting from capital gains tax business owners who sell their businesses upon retirement up to the value of  (a) £100,000,  (b) £200,000,  (c) £300,000,  (d) £400,000,  (e) £500,000 and  (f) £1,000,000 in each financial year from 2009-10 to 2014-15.

Stephen Timms: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given to him by right hon. Friend the former Financial Secretary (Jane Kennedy) on 22 May 2008,  Official Report, column 435W.

Job Creation

Greg Hands: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2009,  Official Report, column 588W, on public expenditure, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the 100,000 jobs which will go to British workers; and how many of these jobs he expects to arise in relation to eco-friendly projects.

Angela Eagle: The public sector capital investment brought forward in 2009-10, which was detailed in the pre-Budget report, will create jobs in sectors and communities across the UK. A number of areas in which capital will be brought forward are focussed on environmental goals, including the Warm Front programme and spending to improve household energy efficiency.

Revenue and Customs

Janet Dean: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the change in the amount of travel allowance paid in each month to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) staff who are to relocate following the closure of the HMRC office in Burton-on-Trent.

Stephen Timms: The daily travel allowance that will be paid to staff as a result of the closure of Crown House, Burton on Trent cannot be estimated at this stage. The actual amounts payable depend on a number of factors which cannot be calculated in advance. These can include the mode of transport, the working pattern of the employee, availability of season tickets and cost of fuel, among others. Staff who have been working at this locality will be moving to Derby, Nottingham or Birmingham.
	It is not yet certain where all employees currently working at Crown House will re-locate to, as the redeployment opportunities we offer include help in moving to other Government Departments, re-training for posts in the wider public sector or other early release schemes.

Revenue and Customs: Standards

Chris Mullin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will call for a report from HM Revenue and Customs as to the percentage of tax returns received by 31 October 2008 which had been processed by 31 January 2009; and if he will make a statement.

Stephen Timms: Of 2.74 million paper tax returns received by the new deadline of 31 October 2008, less than 1 per cent. remained unprocessed at 5 February, the nearest date to 31 January for which HMRC has a precise count.

Council Housing: Greater London

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1278W, on council housing: Greater London, what data her Department routinely collects on the number of people  (a) on housing waiting lists and  (b) in housing need; and if she will make a statement.

Iain Wright: Local authorities report summary information about their housing waiting list in Section C of their annual Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) returns. The latest available data are at April 2008. These include the total number of households (rather than people) on the housing register and a breakdown of their bedroom requirements. A question was recently added requesting the number of households on the waiting list in any reasonable preference category. Information is collected at local authority level.
	A link to the table presenting the number of households on the housing waiting list in each local authority is as follows:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/table600.xls
	Further information on the number of households on the local authority housing waiting lists for England, including the full HSSA datasets, can be accessed from the statistical release 'Local Authority Housing Statistics England: 2007-08: Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix (HSSA) and Business Plan Statistical Appendix (BPSA)'. This was published on 22 January 2009 on the Communities and Local Government website at:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/statistics/lahousing200708
	Copies of the statistical release and live table have been deposited in the Library.
	Not everyone on the waiting list is necessarily in urgent housing need. The waiting list includes those who consider social housing as their preferred or one of a number of housing options, and those who decide to get onto the waiting list ladder before they need or want to move house—particularly where the priority system is heavily based on waiting time. The size of the waiting list is not an indicator of absolute need, it is only useful as a broad indicator of housing demand in an area.
	Currently no information is collected on housing need. A new analytical model is currently being developed to improve the Department's capacity to estimate the number and type of households with some form of housing related need.

Council Housing: Lambeth

Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions the Minister for Housing has had with Lambeth Council on rent increases from 1 April 2009.

Iain Wright: No such discussions have taken place. Communities and Local Government issued rent guidelines for each council within the Housing Revenue Account Determination on 18 December. Councils have the discretion to set their own rent levels. They are not set by central Government.

Homelessness

Greg Mulholland: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people who applied to local authorities for housing have been assessed under homelessness criteria as priority need in the last  (a) six months,  (b) 12 months and  (c) two years; and how many of those applicants were (i) ex-service personnel, (ii) ex-prisoners and (iii) asylum seekers.

Sadiq Khan: Information about English local housing authorities' actions under the homelessness legislation (Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996) is collected quarterly at local authority level. Data collected include the number of applicants accepted by local housing authorities as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need, and therefore owed a main homelessness duty (to secure that suitable accommodation is available). These households are known as 'accepted' households.
	In addition, some applicants may be found to be in priority need, but are not accepted as owed a main homelessness duty because they were found to be intentionally homeless. For these cases we do not hold the reason for priority need centrally.
	During the last six months for which data are available (April to September 2008), 34,640 applicants were assessed as being homeless and in priority need. 30,020 of these were accepted as owed a main homelessness duty, of which 20 were vulnerable through having previously served in HM forces, 140 through having previously been on remand or in custody, and 40 through having previously been an asylum seeker (note that since April 2000, asylum seekers have been ineligible for assistance under the homelessness legislation, with certain exceptions where an asylum claim had been made prior to 3 April 2000).
	The following table summarises the data for the most recent six months, and also shows figures for the most recent 12-month and two-year period:
	
		
			   (a) April to September 2008 (last 6 months)  (b) Oct ober  2007 to September 2008 (12 months)  (c) October 2006 to September 2008 (2 years) 
			 Applicants found to be homeless and in priority need 34,640 69,900 147,170 
			  Of which : accepted as owed a main homelessness duty 30,020 60,690 127,730 
			  Of which : applicant vulnerable as a result of:
			 (i) having served in HM Forces 20 40 80 
			 (ii) having previously been on remand or in custody 140 270 630 
			 (iii) being a former asylum seeker 40 100 220 
		
	
	However it is important to note that some applicants who had previously been in the HM forces, on remand or in custody, or are a former asylum seeker, may have been accepted with alternative primary priority needs (for example through having dependant children or being a pregnant woman) and so will not be shown as being priority need for these reasons.

Social Rented Housing: Standards

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of social housing in  (a) London,  (b) Birmingham,  (c) Liverpool,  (d) Leeds,  (e) Sheffield,  (f) Bristol,  (g) Manchester,  (h) Leicester,  (i) Coventry,  (j) Kingston upon Hull,  (k) Bradford,  (l) Stoke-on-Trent,  (m) Wolverhampton,  (n) Nottingham,  (o) Plymouth,  (p) Southampton,  (q) Reading,  (r) Derby,  (s) Dudley and  (t) Newcastle upon Tyne (i) met the decent home standard (A) in December 2007 and (B) in December 2008 and (ii) is expected to meet the standard by 2010.

Iain Wright: The following table provides information requested. This is drawn from the Business Plan Statistical Appendix—Annual Monitoring data from Local Authorities for 2007-08 published by CLG last month. The RSL data is from the Regulatory Statistical Return (RSR) for 2007-08 published by the Housing Corporation (now Tenant Services Authority) last autumn.
	
		
			  Percentage of Social Housing meeting the Decent Homes Standard 
			   Local authorities  RSLs 
			   2007  2008  2010  2007  2008 
			 Birmingham 65 78 100 90 93 
			 Bradford (1)— (1)— (1)— 84 89 
			 Bristol 86 88 97 90 92 
			 Coventry (1)— (1)— (1)— 94 95 
			 Derby 99 100 100 84 90 
			 Dudley 83 86 97 98 99 
			 Kingston-upon-Hull 35 50 81 97 95 
			 Leeds 65 68 98 92 94 
			 Leicester 85 91 97 92 92 
			 Liverpool (1)— (1)— (1)— 86 77 
			 London 65 69 83 89 90 
			 Manchester 32 46 81 82 81 
			 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 10 30 74 92 93 
			 Nottingham 65 69 69 92 95 
			 Plymouth(2) 50 44 15 95 90 
			 Reading 88 91 97 92 96 
			 Sheffield 48 66 92 85 80 
			 Southampton 75 81 96 94 98 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 75 78 93 94 96 
			 Wolverhampton 43 55 73 91 95 
			 (1) No current stock. (2) Housing transfer to new RSL November 2009. 
		
	
	Decent Homes forecasts by local authority for registered social landlords' property is not available.

Supporting People Programme: Learning Disability

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to her answers of 2 April 2008,  Official Report, column 1902W, on supporting people programme: learning disability, and 3 April 2008,  Official Report, column 1306W, on learning disability: adults, what proportion of the supporting people budget has been allocated to people with learning disabilities in each of the last five years.

Iain Wright: The Supporting People programme is administered at the local level by the relevant administering authority. It is for the authority to decide which services to fund, informed by the local needs and priorities identified in their five year Supporting People Strategies. The following table sets out the amount spent on Supporting People services for people with a learning disability, as reported to the Department by administering authorities. It will not identify all funding spent on people with a learning disability who access Supporting People services: some may have a different service classification (for example, people with a learning disability may access support from Supporting People services that help them move on from domestic violence or homelessness).
	
		
			   Spend reported on services for people with a learning disability (£)  Proportion of the total reported spend (percentage) 
			 2003-04 426,362,116 23.5 
			 2004-05 396,596,732 23.4 
			 2005-06 388,760,777 23.1 
			 2006-07 367,435,288 22.4 
			 2007-08 346,626,291 21.3

Travelling People

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Shipley of 22 February 2008,  Official Report, column 1098W, on Travelling people, what  (a) financial and  (b) other support her Department has given to developing services for Gypsies and Travellers in each year since 2005.

Iain Wright: The Department for Communities and Local Government has given no financial or logistical support to an annual conference called Developing Services for Gypsies and Travellers. An annual conference on this topic is arranged by the private sector and Ministers and officials have supported it by attending as speakers.

Birds of Prey: Genetics

John Randall: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2008,  Official Report, column 34W, on birds of prey: genetics, in which scientific journal the final report on DNA profiling of birds of prey completed in November 2006 was published.

Huw Irranca-Davies: holding answer 23 February 2009
	An article based on the report and subsequent work was recently published in 'Forensic Science International: Genetics—An international journal dedicated to the application of genetics in the administration of justice'. The report can be found on the DEFRA website.

Common Agricultural Policy

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  what the  (a) maximum,  (b) minimum and  (c) average value of claims made in England under Common Agricultural Policy were in 2007;
	(2)  what the  (a) maximum,  (b) minimum and  (c) average value was of claims made in England under Common Agricultural Policy in 2008.

Jane Kennedy: The 2007 scheme year value of payments made under the Common Agricultural Policy are:
	
		
			   £ 
			 Maximum 3,170,052.01 
			 Minimum 0.01 
			 Average 14,511.63 
		
	
	This information relates to the European financial year 2008, which is 16 October 2007 to 15 October 2008.
	Unfortunately the data required to provide payment information for earlier years is not held in a form that is easily accessible and it could be compiled only at disproportionate cost.

Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 14 October 2008,  Official Report, column 1049W, on domestic waste: waste disposal, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on  (a) Project REDUCE,  (b) Understanding Household Waste Prevention Behaviour and  (c) Establishing the Behaviour Change Evidence Base.

Jane Kennedy: The following projects have been completed and the reports published via the DEFRA website:
	(WR0112) Understanding Household Waste Behaviour—University of Paisley
	(WR0504) Establishing the Behaviour Change Evidence Base to Inform Community-based Waste Prevention and Recycling—Brook Lyndhurst
	Output from the project (WR0105) Project REDUCE Monitoring and Evaluation: Developing Tools to Measure Waste Prevention—has been incorporated into the review study referred to in the response to the hon. Member for Peterborough (Mr. Jackson) on 14 October 2008,  Official Report, column 1050W, on Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal, and will be published later in 2009.

Floods: Canvey Island

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2009,  Official Report, column 326W, on floods: Canvey Island, what representations the Environment Agency has received from  (a) local authorities and  (b) others on controls on development in flood risk areas of Canvey Island in the last three years; what discussions it has had on the matter in that period.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The Environment Agency has had several meetings with Castlepoint district council in the last three years to discuss development on Canvey Island and explain the implications of planning policy statement 25 "Development and Flood Risk". The Environment Agency has sought safe development and advised Castlepoint district council and individual developers to take into account the potential impact of flooding on new development.

Members: Correspondence

Michael Spicer: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects the Minister for Farming and the Environment to reply substantively to the letter of 14 October 2008 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on water rate charges for scout groups.

Huw Irranca-Davies: holding answer 12 February 2009
	I am very aware of the affordability issues faced by some customers, such as scout groups, following the switch to site area charging for surface water drainage by some companies.
	Our view is that while the basic polluter pays principle of the guidance is correct, something is clearly very wrong if faith buildings, community amateur sports clubs and scout huts are facing such big increases in their bills, and where there are such marked variations between what is being charged in different areas, by different companies.
	Under the powers enshrined in the Water Industry Act 1999, in 2000 the Government issued statutory guidance to Ofwat on water charging policy. Ofwat's subsequent and more detailed guidance to companies on surface water drainage charging was issued in 2003. Both of these documents addressed the issues surrounding the scale and pace of surface water bill changes for non-domestic, non-business customers and the need for charges to be based only upon the actual area within a property that drains to the public sewer.
	We understand that the highest price increases are occurring in the United Utilities area, and that United Utilities now proposes to set its surface water drainage charges for 2009-10 at 2007-08 levels for customers such as faith buildings, community amateur sports clubs and scout huts (i.e. at levels prior to the introduction of site area charging). This is a very welcome step forward although we will continue to monitor this issue and engage further with Ofwat if necessary.

Members: Correspondence

Patrick McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when a reply will be sent to the letter from the right hon. Member for West Derbyshire of 15 August 2008 on water drainage charges for non-profit organisations.

Huw Irranca-Davies: holding answer 23 February 2009
	A reply was sent to the right hon. Member on 16 February 2009.

Public Consultation

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will list all consultations initiated by  (a) his Department and  (b) its agencies since 1 January 2008, including the dates given for responses and the intended dates for report.

Huw Irranca-Davies: holding answer 23 February 2009
	A total of 86 consultations were carried out by DEFRA since 1 January 2008. Records are held on the start and end dates of consultations, but not the intended dates for reports (see following table). DEFRA does not co-ordinate consultations for its executive agencies, therefore information on these consultations is not held.
	A full list is held on the Department's website:
	http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/default.asp
	
		
			  Start date  End date  Consultation title 
			 9 January 2008 17 January and 29 February 2008 —two dates Consultation on proposal of 2 per cent. milk quotas 
			 14 January 31 March 2008 Consultation on national listing and plant breeders' Right fees 
			 7 February 30 April 2008 Consultation on surface water management 
			 7 February 30 April 2008 Consultation on guidance to Ofwat 
			 7 February 30 April 2008 Consultation on phosphates in detergents—laundry 
			 17 January 8 April Consultation on mining waste directive (CLG-led) 
			 21 January 14 April Consultation on sustainable products (market transformation programme website) 
			 4 February 6 May 2008 Consultation on charging for CITES licences 
			 30 January 2008 29 April 2008 Consultation on the future of the aggregates levy sustainability fund April 2008 to March 2011 
			 25 February 19 May 2008 Consultation on river basin planning (volume) 
			 27 February 2008 19 May 2008 Consultation on the transposition of Council Directive 2006/117/Euratom 
			 29 February 2008 23 May 2008 Consultation on implementation of fruit and vegetable reforms 
			 29 February 2008 27 May 2008 Consultation on environmental liability directive: 2nd consultation 
			 7 March 2008 4 April Consultation on European Fisheries Fund: UK operational programme (1st phase) 
			 7 March 2008 18 April Consultation on Fal and Helford 
			 March 2008 30 May Consultation on statutory notification requirements for potatoes introduced into England and Wales from other EU member states 
			 17 March 2008 9 June Consultation on joint waste authorities 
			 18 March 2008 29 April Consultation on Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007; Directive 2004/12/EC (amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste) 
			 20 March 25 April Consultation on the remaking of the drinking milk regulations 
			 31 March 23 June Consultation on soil strategy for England 
			 3 April 26 June Consultation on TSE Regulations 2007 
			 3 April 26 June Consultation draft Marine Bill 
			 8 April 29 August Consultation on the strategy of health of honey bees 
			 2 May 27 June Consultation on European Fisheries Fund: UK operational programme (2nd phase) 
			 7 May 30 July Consultation on the EU Commission's proposals to amend the EU ETS from 2013 
			 9 May 23 May Consultation on the remaking of Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2008 
			 14 May 6 August Consultation on draft AQEG report: Ozone in the United Kingdom 
			 14 May 6 August Consultation on EPAQS report: guidelines for metals and metalloids in ambient air for the protection of human health 
			 14 May 6 August Consultation on EPAQS report: Addendum to guidelines for halogen and hydrogen halides in ambient air for protecting human health against acute irritancy effects 
			 28 May 20 August Consultation on groundwater regulations 
			 29 May 25 July Consultation on the European Commission's proposed directive on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (recast)—intensive livestock 
			 29 May 25 July Consultation on the European Commission's proposed directive on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (recast) 
			 29 May 25 July Consultation on the European Commission's proposed directive on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control)(recast) - combustion plants 
			 2 June 25 August Consultation on REACH enforcement 
			 2 June 22 August Consultation on Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976—reform order 
			 6 June 31 July Consultation on the European Commission's proposed directive on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control)(recast) - emissions 
			 9 June 1 September Consultation on CAP health checks 
			 13 June 25 July Consultation on Wine SI 2008 
			 16 June 11 August Consultation on Sector Guidance Note SG8: Rendering 
			 13 June 17 September A second consultation on the controls on the handling, transfer and transport of waste 
			 12 June 12 September Consultation on White Paper—Radioactive waste—to be published on homepages 
			 18 June 30 September Consultation on revised UK strategy for radioactive waste discharge limits 2006-2030 
			 23 June 17 October Consultation on revised membership arrangements for Northumberland National Park Authority 
			 June 2008 22 September Consultation on wildlife management strategy 
			 30 June 30 September Consultation on 'Our Seas—a shared resource' 
			 1 July 17 October Consultation on the Beef and Veal Labelling Regulations 2008 (England) 
			 4 July 26 September Consultation on air quality guidance 
			 11 July 3 October Consultation on f gases and ozone 
			 15 July 10 October Consultation on Phytopthora ramorem and Phytophthora kernoviae 
			 21 July 10 October Consultation on DEFRA's contingency plan 
			 21 July 20 October Consultation on gangmasters licensing (exclusions) regulations 
			 25 July 17 October Consultation on changes to the Local Government Act 1972 to allow local authorities in England to work together on animal health 
			 28 July 20 October Consultation on a code of practice for the sustainable use of soils on construction sites 
			 28 July 28 November Consultation on direct elections to National Park authorities 
			 30 July 31 October Consultation on flood resilience 
			 30 July 31 October Consultation on flooding, coastal erosion management 
			 31 July 2008 23 October Consultation on review of waste exemptions 
			 5 August 2008 28 October Consultation on plans to meet EU air quality limit values 
			 8 August 2008 3 October Consultation on the English inshore fleet—looking to the future 
			 11 August 3 November Consultation on private water supplies 
			 4 September 28 November Consultation on aviation action plans 
			 5 September 28 November Consultation on VMD 
			 8 September 28 November Consultation on common land councils 
			 15 September 14 November Consultation on Recycling Service guidance 
			 23 September 15 December Consultation on NCP broiler flocks regulations 
			 26 September 19 December Consultation on LA environmental regulation of industrial plant 2009/10 fees and charges 
			 30 September 23 December Consultation on the conservation varieties 
			 16 October 19 December Consultation on direction to the EA on classification of water bodies 
			 October 2008 19 January Consultation on carbon accounting regulation's 
			 October 2008 3 December Consultation on proposed changes to BSE Testing 
			 4 November 31 December Consultation on code of practice on cat, dog and equine 
			 4 November 2008 6 February Consultation on revision of our swine vesicular disease legislation 
			 7 November 30 January Consultation on the code of practice for animal feeds 
			 10 November 2 February Consultation on the equine ID 
			 13 November 2008 6 February Consultation on animal by products regulations 
			 13 November 2008 6 February Consultation on hazardous waste regulations 
			 14 November 6 February Consultation on the Better Regulation review and six-year review 
			 18 November 10 February Consultation on school milk 
			 27 November 19 February Consultation on marine works (amendment to regulations) 
			 17 December 20 March Consultation on the rules of court for the water and sewerage special administration regime 
			 17 December 27 March Consultation on national flood emergency framework 
			 22 December 31 March 2009 Consultation on water protection zones 
			 6 January 31 March Consultation on handling LA's powers to regulate paint supplies 
			 16 January 10 April Consultation on regulations to allow the free passage offish in inland waters 
			 20 January 27 March Consultation on allocating increased milk quota 
			 26 January 20 April Consultation to protect the welfare of chicken meat 
			 27 January 20 April Consultation on air quality directive extension 
			 27 January 20 April Consultation on the welfare of animals at killing

Rural Payments Agency: ICT

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2009,  Official Report, column 224W, on the Rural Payments Agency: ICT, if he will estimate the shelf-life of the Epsilon programme.

Jane Kennedy: holding answer 23 February 2009
	The Epsilon programme, involving a 12 month development cycle, made changes to IT systems used to process claims under the Single Payments scheme. The changes made during the Epsilon upgrade will continue to be used unless amendments to the scheme affect the functions introduced as part of that programme.

Water Charges

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has  (a) been budgeted for expenditure on and  (b) has been spent to date on the surface water management plan announced on 17 December 2008.

Huw Irranca-Davies: holding answer 23 February 2009
	At present, £300,000 is allocated towards the production of surface water management plans (SWMP) split over the six local authorities which are trialling the new SWMP guidance document. To date, no expenditure has been made but invoices are expected from the six authorities in the next few weeks. The anticipated expenditure up to end of March 2009 will be £190,000 with the remaining £110,000 spent by end of July 2009.

Departmental ICT

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 4 November 2008,  Official Report, columns 336-7W, on Government Departments: information and communications technology, which IP addresses are used by  (a) his Department and  (b) computers in the offices of its (i) Ministers, (ii) communications officials and (iii) special advisers.

Tom Watson: In accordance with standard good information security practice and to help defend against electronic attack, my department does not publish internal IP addresses for its corporate IT systems. When accessing external services such as internet websites, the IP addresses of all the computers on my Department's internal office IT system are hidden behind the following IP addresses which are publicly available—195.92.40.49 and 62.25.106.209.

Older Workers

Nigel Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 5 November 2008,  Official Report, column 502W, on the 65 plus work force, what percentage of the overall population the given figures represent.

Kevin Brennan: I have been asked to reply.
	The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated February 2009:
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2008, Official Report, column 502W, asking what percentage of the overall population the given figures on the workforce aged 65 and over represent. (257294).
	According to the Office for National Statistics labour force projections published in January 2006, the workforce aged 65 and over as a percentage of the population aged 16 and over will be 1.4 per cent in 2012, 1.5 per cent in 2015 and 1.5 per cent in 2020.
	Further information on the methodology behind these labour force projections is available from the National Statistics website at:
	http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/article.asp?ID=1346&Pos-=l&ColRank=l&Rank=22

Poverty: North East

Ashok Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children were living in poverty in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in  (a) January 2007,  (b) January 2008 and  (c) January 2009.

Kitty Ussher: Child poverty statistics, published in the Households Below Average Income series, only allow a breakdown of the overall number of children in relative poverty at Government Office region level or for inner or outer London. This means information for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland is not available.

Genetics: Data Protection

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the evidence of his Department's chief scientific adviser to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee on 21 January 2009, when his Department first considered the inclusion of DNA information on the NHS care record; what consideration has been given to the use of DNA information on the care record for patient identification; what discussions there have been in his Department on the form in which the care record service could hold such information; and what estimate he has made of the date by which the DNA of the majority of individuals will be held on the care record.

Ben Bradshaw: Decisions about the necessity and relevance of recording particular information, including data relating to the patient's DNA, on health records, whether those held within the NHS care records service (NHS CRS) or elsewhere, is a matter for individual clinicians.
	Access to health records is only permitted to clinical staff who have a legitimate relationship with the patient for which consent may be implied, for example because they are providing NHS health care or treatment, or who have express consent from the patient for other reasons, for example clinical research.
	Within the NHS CRS, both detailed care records and summary care records, for those who choose to have one, will potentially be updated each time patients receive NHS care, and for obvious reasons the precise information held will differ from patient to patient.

Health Services: Rural Areas

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what studies his Department has undertaken into the costs of administering healthcare in rural locations.

Ben Bradshaw: The cost of administering healthcare in rural locations has been considered by the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA). ACRA is an independent body that oversees the development of the weighted capitation formula, used to inform primary care trust (PCT) revenue allocations, and makes recommendations to ministers on potential changes to the funding formula prior to each allocations round. ACRA's latest report has been placed in the Library and at:
	www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_091484
	Both ACRA and its predecessor, the Resource Allocation Group, have commissioned independent research into how the weighted capitation formula takes account of the issues faced in rural areas, both in terms of additional need for health care and the additional cost of providing healthcare in rural areas. In particular, 'Combining Age Related and Additional Needs (CARAN) Report' and 'Review of Specific Cost Approach to Staff Market Forces Factor', which consider the impact of rurality on health care needs and costs respectively.
	In addition, 'A Study of Costs of Providing Health Services in Rural Areas', led to the introduction of the emergency ambulance cost adjustment , in recognition of the geographical cost differences found for emergency ambulance services.
	These research reports have also been placed in the Library and can be accessed at:
	www.dh.gov.uk/en/Managingyourorganisation/Financeandplanning/Allocations/DH_4108515

Hospitals: Finance

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the Answer of 16 July 2007,  Official Report, column 172W, on hospitals: finance, which of the schemes listed in the table  (a) are no longer being proceeded with and  (b) have had their capital value (i) reduced and (ii) increased.

Ben Bradshaw: The updated table is shown as follows.
	
		
			  Financial close/tender award date( 1)  NHS trust  Capital value reported July 2007 (£ million)  Operational date  Procurement route  Current situation  Capital value as at February 2009 if different from 2007 (£ million) 
			 2006 Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals 67 Q2 2008 Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Operational date was 28 August 2009 — 
			  Ipswich Hospital 36 Q4 2011 PFI Operational date was 3 June 2008 — 
			  Bails and the London 1,000 Q4 2013 PFI — — 
			  St. Helens Hospitals 338 Q4 2008 PFI Operational date was 22 October 2009 — 
			  University Hospital Birmingham 627 Q1 2010 PFI — — 
			  South West Essex Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT) 30 Q3 2008 PFI Operational date was 18 August 2009 — 
			  Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals 51 Q4 2007 Public capital Operational date expected Q1 2009 — 
			  Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children 75 Q3 2011 Public capital — — 
			  United Bristol Healthcare/North Bristol 64 Q1 2009 Public capital — — 
			
			 2007 to date Taunton and Somerset 21 Q1 2009 PFI Operational date expected Q3 2009 — 
			  Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals 29 Q1 2009 Public capital Operational date expected Q3 2009 — 
			  Lincolnshire Teaching PCT 29 Q2 2009 PFI — — 
			  University Hospital of North Staffordshire 306 Q4 2012 PFI — 375 
			  Mid Yorkshire Hospitals 343 Q2 2010 PFI — 353 
			  Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals 336 Q1 2012 PFI — — 
			
			 2007 onwards South Essex Partnership 30 Q2 2009 PFI Operational date expected Q2 2009 32 
			  Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys 78 Q4 2008 PFI Operational date expected Q1 2010 75 
			  Redcar and Cleveland PCT 40 Q4 2008 PFI Operational date expected Q2 2009 — 
			  Tameside and Glossop Acute Services 109 Q3 2009 PFI Operational date expected Q4 2010 — 
			  Mid Essex Hospital Services 143 Q2 2010 PFI Operational date expected Q3 2010 148 
			  North Middlesex University Hospital 111 Q2 2010 PFI — 144 
			  Salford Royal Hospitals 190 Q1 2011 PFI — — 
			  Derbyshire Mental Health 29 Q1 2009 PFI Operational date expected Q2 2009 36 
			  Northamptonshire Healthcare 36 Q3 2008 PFI Operational date expected Q1 2010 — 
			  Walsall Hospitals 141 Q4 2009 PFI Operational date expected Q1 2010 169 
			
			 2008 Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells 225 Q4 2010 PFI — 304 
			  Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys/County Durham PCT 40 Being finalised PFI Operational date expected Q3 2009 30 
			  University Hospitals of Leicester 711 Q4 2012 PFI Not being taken forward through PFI — 
			
			 2009 onwards(2) North Bristol / South Gloucestershire PCTs 310 Q1 2014 PFI — 475 
			  Southampton University Hospitals 55 Being finalised PFI — 61 
			  Hillingdon Hospital 139 Being finalised PFI Not being taken forward through PFI — 
			  Taunton and Somerset 57 Being finalised PFI Not being taken forward through PFI — 
			  Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital* 56 Being finalised PFI — 143 
			  North West London Hospitals 305 Being finalised PFI Not being taken forward through PFI — 
			  Southend Hospital 100 Being finalised PFI Not being taken forward through PFI — 
			  Papworth Hospitals 125 Being finalised PFI — — 
			  Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals 342 Being finalised PFI — 368 
			  West Hertfordshire Hospitals* 200 Being finalised PFI — 280 
			  East and North Hertfordshire* 250 Being finalised PFI — 110 
			  Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals* 225 Being finalised PFI — 477 
			  Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital* 142 Being finalised PFI — 235 
			  Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 50 Being finalised PFI Not being taken forward through PFI — 
			  Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals 200 Being finalised PFI Not being taken forward through PFI — 
			  Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals 40 Being finalised PFI Not being taken forward through PFI — 
			  United Bristol Healthcare 80 Being finalised PFI Not being taken forward through PFI — 
			  Mersey Care* 170 Being finalised PFI — 135 
			  Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals 200 Being finalised PFI Not being taken forward through PFI — 
			  Leicestershire Partnership 50 Being finalised PFI Not being taken forward through PFI — 
			  Leeds Teaching hospitals 600 Being finalised PFI Not being taken forward through PFI — 
			  West London Mental Health* 243 Being finalised Public capital — — 
			 (1) 'Tender award date' is the equivalent of financial close for public capital funded schemes. (2) It is not yet known what schemes are likely to reach financial close or award tender during 2009.  Note: Several trust schemes (marked with *) have still to develop and submit their outline business cases, which sets out their intended scope and procurement options. The values shown for those schemes are the latest the Department has collected from the strategic health authorities.

Mental Health Services

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the tariff uplift breakdown for 2009-10, published by his Department on 5 February 2009, when he plans to develop a tariff for mental health services.

Ben Bradshaw: A programme of work is underway to develop and make available for use national contract 'currencies' for mental health activity by 2010-11. This is in line with the commitment made in High Quality Care for All - NHS Next Stage Review Final Report (Department of Health, June 2008), which has already been placed in the Library.
	The currencies being developed will allow national comparison and benchmarking. Once they are in place, they will facilitate an informed decision on whether to introduce a national tariff for mental health services. Therefore, no date has yet been set for the introduction of a tariff for mental health services.

NHS Negligence

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2009,  Official Report, column 938W, on NHS negligence, how much of the total premium for 2009-10 will be collected  (a) from each NHS trust and  (b) in respect of each type of claim.

Ann Keen: We do not know how much will be collected from individual national health service trusts because the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) is still in the process of calculating actual contributions. Risk management assessments, which can discount an individual member's contribution, are still being carried out. Data on actual amounts collected will be available after 1 April 2009.
	In respect of each type of claim, the NHSLA have supplied the following table. This shows the breakdown of the estimated global contribution of £713 million for 2009-10 by the NHSLA's risk categories that claims fall into.
	
		
			  (£) 
			  Risk Category  Total contribution 
			 Nursing and other 372,315 
			 Low(1) 5,217,893 
			 Psychiatry/Mental Health 14,350,759 
			 Medium(1) 20,597,730 
			 High(1) 91,888,822 
			 Ambulance 3,258,790 
			 Neurosurgery 10,335043 
			 Neurology 7,775,245 
			 Trauma and orthopaedics 50,727,480 
			 Accident and emergency 45,846,498 
			 General surgery 52,080,154 
			 Anaesthetics 18,032,986 
			 Obstetrics 392,516,185 
			 Total 713,000,000 
			 (1) These cover a range of over 100 specific risk categories

NHS: Finance

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what capital expenditure allocations to NHS organisations have been agreed for  (a) 2008-09,  (b) 2009-10 and  (c) 2010-11; which organisation will receive the funding in each case; and what the purpose of the funding is in each case.

Ben Bradshaw: Information on the amounts of capital resources so far allocated to strategic health authorities, national health service trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in 2008 to 2009 has been placed in the Library.
	The allocations data provided shows the total capital resources allocated up to the end of Quarter 3, December 2008. Allocations include capital funding for locally prioritised capital expenditure and programme capital for centrally announced initiatives and reflect adjustments for capital grants to third parties.
	Some organisations are showing a negative capital allocation. Negative allocations can arise where there are planned asset disposals and the selling organisation does not plan to reinvest the total value of the disposal in capital assets in the selling organisation's books in the year of disposal.
	Allocations for 2009-10 are being set as part of NHS trusts' and PCTs' financial plans. This financial planning process is ongoing. 2010-11's capital allocations for NHS trusts and PCTs will be set under a similar process.
	The Department does not hold information on the capital investment plans of NHS foundation trusts.

Personal Injury: Compensation

Mark Todd: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2009,  Official Report, column 411W, on personal injury: compensation, 
	(1)  on how many occasions a check produced evidence of error or misleading information in 2007-08;
	(2)  on how many occasions a check led to prosecution in 2007-08.

Ben Bradshaw: In 2007-08, the Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) undertook 60,440 checks on the initial statements of insurers and their agents where no NHS treatment was recorded in respect of the NHS injury costs recovery scheme. From these checks, 5364 claims were subsequently identified as having either inpatient or outpatient treatment where costs are recoverable under the scheme.
	The CRU initiates these checks at the beginning of the recovery process to ensure that claims will be correct when it comes to settlement. There were no resulting prosecutions in 2007-08.

Alcoholic Drinks: Crime

Simon Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions for being drunk and disorderly there have been in the Chelmsford division of the Essex police force area in each of the last 10 years.

Alan Campbell: Court proceedings data, and PND data, are collected centrally at police force area level and are not further broken down. Therefore data for the Chelmsford division of the Essex police force are not available.
	The number of persons found guilty at all courts for being drunk and disorderly in the Essex police force area, from 1998 to 2007, are given in table 1.
	Additionally, penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) are available for this offence. The number of PNDs issued to persons aged 16 and over for being drunk and disorderly in the Essex police force area, from 2004, when the scheme was implemented to 2007 is given in table 2.
	
		
			  Table 1: Number of persons found guilty at all courts for drunk and disorderly related offences in the Essex police force area, from 1998 to 2007( 1,2,3) 
			   Number 
			 1998 566 
			 1999 587 
			 2000 596 
			 2001 532 
			 2002 382 
			 2003 185 
			 2004 197 
			 2005 165 
			 2006 245 
			 2007 185 
			 (1) Data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Data include the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes: Being found drunk in a highway or other Public place whether a building or not, or a licensed premises. Licensing Act 1872 Sec 12. Any person who in any public place is guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour. Criminal Justice Act 1967 Sec.91. (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts, and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source: Court proceedings data held by CJEA—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Number of penalty notices for disorder issued to persons aged 16 and over for offences of being drunk and disorderly( 1)  in the Essex police force area from 2004 - 07( 2) 
			   Number 
			 2004 738 
			 2005 672 
			 2006 905 
			 2007 478 
			 (1) Data include the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes: Being found drunk in a highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on licensed premises—Licensing Act 1872, section 12; Being guilty while drunk of disorderly behaviour - Criminal Justice Act 1967, section 91. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit.

Cannabis

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the likely effect of the reclassification of cannabis on  (a) the numbers using cannabis and  (b) the numbers using other illegal drugs.

Alan Campbell: holding answer 13 January 2009
	In respect of the movement to Class B alone on the numbers using cannabis there is no claim that this alone will act as a deterrent on cannabis use.
	The Impact Assessment (IA)(1) on the reclassification of cannabis looks at reclassification alongside a step change in enforcement response and the potential change in the estimated population of cannabis users. Based on existing evidence the IA makes a series of key assumptions; it forecasts potential liabilities and volumes associated with the legislative and proposed enforcement response. These assumptions include a reduction in the population of serious cannabis users following recent British Crime Survey trends, desistence from users 'getting older' and increased desistence of users is assumed following more robust contact with police and the Criminal Justice System. The full IA can be found at:
	http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/em/uksiem_20083130_en.pdf
	Over the seven year period examined in the impact assessment there is estimated to be a desistance of an additional 23,000 serious cannabis users under reclassification alongside the associated enforcement response. The estimated difference in total population of serious cannabis users under reclassification and the enforcement response is set out in Table 8 of the aforementioned impact assessment.
	There has been no assessment of how cannabis reclassification will impact on those using other illegal drugs.
	(1) In preparing the response to this PQ a minor drafting error was identified in the Impact Assessment (IA). As a consequence the IA was withdrawn from the public domain. A revised version was re laid in Parliament on 16 January 2009.
	The erroneous sentence in the IA stated:
	"Over the entire period, the change option is estimated to result in the desistence of 72,000 additional serious cannabis users"
	and appeared on page 15 of the original IA as found on the OPSI website. The cited figure of 72,000 was incorrectly quoted as a result of misinterpretation of the figures in Table 8 as relating to annual levels of desistence, rather than the cumulative level of desistance. The correct figure of 23,000 additionally desisting over seven years was cited in the preceding sentence and contained in Table 8 of the IA. Following the identification of this error a full review of all figures and tabular information contained in the IA has been conducted. There have been no errors in the original calculations contained within the IA.
	
		
			  Table 8: Estimated total population of serious cannabis offenders by year 
			   Population of offenders, do nothing  Population of offenders, change  Difference  Percentage 
			 Base 416,769 416,769 0 0.00 
			 2 396,179 396,491 -312 -0.08 
			 3 376,576 373,297 3,279 0.87 
			 4 357,914 352,153 5,761 1.61 
			 5 340,148 331,124 9,024 2.65 
			 6 323,240 310,103 13,138 4.06 
			 7 307,153 289,260 17,892 5.83 
			 8 291,849 268,836 23,013 7.89

Members: Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she will reply to the letter to her of 20 October from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms A Mlay.

Jacqui Smith: I wrote to my right hon. Friend on 16 December 2008.

Offences Against Children: Internet

Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of progress in securing the co-operation of internet service providers in deploying the blocking list of known child pornography web sites by the Internet Watch Foundation.

Alan Campbell: The Government warmly welcome the work done by industry to block images of child sexual abuse, resulting in 95 per cent. of consumer broadband lines being covered by blocking. The Government would like to thank the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) for their work to manage the creation of their list of sites that should be blocked. The UK now hosts less than 1 per cent. of the total number of child abuse image sites on the internet, and when one is identified they are quickly closed down.

Police: ICT

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police forces  (a) have adopted fully and  (b) are piloting ExISS release 1; how much was spent on the programme in 2007-08; and if she will make a statement.

Maria Eagle: I have been asked to reply.
	ExISS release 1 consists of the police to magistrates court and the police to Crown Prosecution Service links.
	As of 18 February 2009, out of 43 police forces, 39 had completed deployment of the police to magistrates court link. 34 police forces had completed deployment of the police to Crown Prosecution Service link with a further eight police forces partially deployed. One police force was in the advanced stages of deployment planning for both release 1 links. No Police forces are piloting the link, all are either deployed or in the deployment phase.
	In the year 2007-08 there was a capital spend of £9 million on the programme.
	It should be noted that in addition to the programme to deploy ExISS release 1 to the 43 'Home Office' police forces, a further project is under way to deploy to the British Transport police, managed by the British Transport police themselves, with a target for deployment later in 2009.
	The primary aim of ExISS release 1 is to ensure that the links between the applications are being fully utilised in order for police, magistrates court and CPS staff to reduce the amount of re-keying of information that has already been entered into a partner organisation's application. By the end of the financial year 2008-09 it is expected that 40 police forces will have fully deployed ExISS release 1, and by the end of calendar 2009 all 43 forces will have fully deployed ExISS release 1. By the end of calendar 2008 ExISS release 1 had delivered £2.7 million of benefit to the agencies.

Police: Surveillance

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 20 November 2008,  Official Report, column 729W, on police: surveillance, if she will place in the Library a redacted copy of the Guidance on the Lawful and Effective Use of Covert Techniques, removing restricted text.

Vernon Coaker: We are currently considering the publication of a non-restricted version of the guidance for other public authorities. If this proves practicable than I will be happy to place a copy of this guidance in the Library of the House.

Rape: Convictions

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she has taken to increase the conviction rate in rape cases; and what assessment she has made of effectiveness of those steps.

Alan Campbell: The Government are committed to increasing the conviction rate for rape. In order to do so the Government have focussed their effort on improving the response of the criminal justice system by implementing changes to the ways in which the Police and Crown Prosecution Service investigate and prosecute such cases and by providing special measures in court to ensure that victims are confident to come forward and report an offence, and see it through to conviction. The Government have also provided support for victims through services such as sexual assault referral centres and independent sexual violence advisors.
	There are a number of different ways of calculating conviction rates. In respect of cases that are prosecuted as rape that result in a conviction for rape, the conviction rate in 2007 was 37 per cent. This is the highest it has been for 10 years.

Stop and Search

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1252W, on stop and search, how many of the resultant arrests were  (a) made under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2000,  (b) of people aged 18 years or under and  (c) of people aged 18 years or under and made under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2000.

Vernon Coaker: Information on the number of persons arrested under terrorism legislation and for other reasons following stops and searches under section 44 (sections 1 and 2) of the Terrorism Act 2000, from 1999-2000 to 2006-07 (latest available) are provided in the following table. It is not possible to separately identify arrests under the Terrorism Act 2000 from other terrorism legislation from the information reported to the Home Office.
	The data on stops and searches under terrorism legislation reported to the Home Office does not separately identify the age of persons searched.
	
		
			  Searches of pedestrians, vehicles and occupants under sections 44(1) and 44(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000( 1 ) and resultant arrests, 1999-2000  to  2006-07, England and Wales 
			  Number 
			  Stops and searches in order to prevent acts of terrorism 
			   Resultant arrests 
			   Total searches  Total arrests  Arrests for terrorism offences  Arrests for other reasons 
			 1999-2000 1,900 18 1 17 
			 2000-01 6,400 45 1 44 
			 2001-02 10,200 189 20 169 
			 2002-03 32,100 380 19 361 
			 2003-04 33,800 491 19 472 
			 2004-05(2) 37,000 468 64 404 
			 2005-06 50,000 563 105 458 
			 2006-07 41,900 480 28 452 
			 (1) Formerly sections 13A and 13B of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 and repealed under the Terrorism Act 2000 (which came into force on 19 February 2001). (2) Figures updated since publication of the 2004-05 Bulletin.

Terrorism

Phyllis Starkey: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the possible effects of the Israeli military attack on Gaza on future levels of terrorism in the UK.

Vernon Coaker: The Home Office does not conduct assessments into the threat from international terrorism.
	The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) is responsible for analysing all-source intelligence on the activities, intentions and capabilities of international terrorists who may threaten UK and allied interests worldwide.
	Its responsibilities include setting and analysing the threat level for international Terrorism to the UK and it's assets, and providing detailed reports on trends, terrorist networks and capabilities.
	More information on JTAC can be found here:
	http://www.intelligence.gov.uk/agencies/jtac.aspx

Terrorism: Internet

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK-based websites have been closed down because they contained extremist material inciting terrorism in the last five years.

Vernon Coaker: The legislation that allows a request to be made that unlawfully terrorism related material is modified or removed from the internet is section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2006. Section 3 allows for the service of a notice by a constable where he or she is of the opinion that unlawfully terrorism-related material is available on an electronic service such as a website, on the person(s) responsible for that material. The notice requires that the unlawfully terrorism-related material is removed or modified within two working days.
	However, the preferred route of the police is to use informal contact with the communication service providers to request that the material is removed. To date no Section 3 notices have been issued as this informal route has proved effective but statistics covering the number of sites removed through such informal contact are not collected.

Departmental Public Consultation

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what consultations have been initiated by his Department since 6 October 2008, including the dates given for responses and the intended dates for report.

Mike O'Brien: holding answer 23 February 2009
	Since 6 October 2008, DECC has initiated the following public consultations:
	
		
			  Consultation  Start date  Closes  Intended date of response 
			 The Environmental Permitting Regulations, Phase 2 (EPP2) 16 February 2009 18 May 2009 15 September 2009 
			 
			 Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP) 12 February 2009 8 May 2009 Summer 2009 
			 
			 Heat and Energy Saving Strategy Consultation 12 February 2009 8 May 2009 End of 2009. 
			 
			 Proposed amendments to the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target 2008-2011 12 February2009 14 April 2009 Summer 2009 
			 
			 The Severn Tidal Power Feasibility Study 26 January 2009 23 April 2009 To be announced in due course 
			 
			 Offshore Energy SEA (Strategic Environmental Assessment) Environmental Report 26 January 2009 22 April 2009 To be announced in due course 
			 
			 The Justification of Practices involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004: Consultation on the Nuclear Industry Association's Application to Justify New Nuclear Power Stations 17 December 2008 25 March 2009 A draft decision document, containing responses to this current consultation, is provisionally intended to be published in September 09. This itself is subject to consultation and the final Justification decision is not expected to be made until January 
			 
			 Consultation on offshore electricity transmission: a further joint Ofgem/DECC regulatory policy update 20 November 2008 9 January 2009 Spring 2009 
			 
			 Carbon units, the net UK carbon account and carbon accounting (under the Climate Change Act) 28 October 2008 19 January 2009 Alongside laying of carbon accounting Statutory Instrument at fiscal Budget 2009

Energy Supply: Competition

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009,  Official Report, column 118W, on energy supply, whether he received advice on competition issues from officials prior to the meeting he held with the main energy supply companies on 17 November 2008.

Mike O'Brien: I am told that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy regularly requests and receives oral and written advice on a number of issues relating to competition in the energy supply markets, and did so prior to that meeting.

Departmental Catering

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which  (a) food and  (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department in each of the last three years; and how much his Department paid to each such supplier in each of those years.

Maria Eagle: The data in the following tables shows spend on food and drink by supplier at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) since its creation on 1 May 2007. The majority of spend is on food for use in HM Prison Service and includes food for resale to staff and catering for prisoners and staff. The remainder represents food for catering across other parts of the Ministry of Justice. 93.4 per cent. of Ministry of Justice spend on food in 2007-08 were through nationally contracted suppliers.
	National contracted suppliers are shown separately in each section. These are the suppliers that are expected to be used on a continuous basis. Those marked with an asterix are used in the current financial year. All other contracts have expired and have been subsumed into other contracts by application of MOJ food procurement policy.
	Ad-hoc supplier spend includes a combination of off-contract spend, food bought for resale (e.g. staff canteens) and the use of the Government Procurement Card (for ad-hoc purchases, e.g. unavailable within national contracts or emergency requirement). These figures may also include some non-food items as there are suppliers within this list that sell non-food items which are however primarily a food provider.
	It was only possible to identify the use of these suppliers following implementation of an e-procurement system in 2007. By the nature of these purchases, it is not expected that these suppliers will be used in the future.
	 Food:
	
		
			  Nationally contracted suppliers( 1) , 2007-08 
			  Supplier name  £ 
			 Augro Fresh (UK) Ltd. 189,647.60 
			 Bristol Fruit Sales 73,791.39 
			 British Bakeries* 3,439,344.57 
			 Case N. H. Ltd.* 7,058,339.94 
			 Dairy Farmers of Britain 470,840.59 
			 Histon Produce Co. Ltd. 29,669.46 
			 John Palin (Wholesale) Ltd. 103,745.50 
			 K. Fresh Ltd 155,083.50 
			 Lakeland Dairies 22,472.64 
			 M. J. Morris and Son Ltd. 74,447.54 
			 Minor Weir and Willis Ltd. 428,211.19 
			 R. S. Cockerill (York) Ltd. 86,338.54 
			 Redbridge Produce and Flowers Ltd. 160,990.44 
			 S. T. Holmes 385,601.91 
			 Thomas Baty (Newcastle upon Tyne) Ltd. 22,350.08 
			 Yearsley Food Sales* 11,773,293.97 
			 (1) Contracts that did not expire in financial year 2007-08 are marked with an asterix. 
		
	
	
		
			  Ad-hoc suppliers, 2007-08 
			  Supplier name  £ 
			 A. D. M. Milling Ltd. 2,219.26 
			 Aldington Abattoir 9,268.72 
			 Aldridges 14,858.56 
			 Allied Bakeries 2,263.10 
			 Alpha Foods (Notts) Ltd. 166,739.08 
			 Anglo Dutch Meats (Charing) Ltd. 1,583.56 
			 Aubrey Allen Ltd. 12,249.00 
			 Bakerlow Ltd. 1,025.10 
			 Barry Gibbons Dairy Produce Ltd. 2,038.65 
			 Beesons Butchers 1,448.40 
			 Brambledown Farm Shop 19,640.72 
			 C+D Oil Ltd. 9,902.45 
			 Central Supplies (Brierley Hill) Ltd. 316,310.86 
			 Choices from Fine Dining 2,675.46 
			 Church Farm Foods 3,383.50 
			 Churchill Food Products Ltd. 4,291.31 
			 Classic Fresh Foods 4,433.96 
			 Coastline Produce Ltd. 7,194.98 
			 Corbans Restaurant and Bar 1,559.67 
			 Coultons Bread Ltd. T/A Happy Bread 22,526.62 
			 Cream of the Crop 4,453.45 
			 D and M Wholesalers 20,783.46 
			 Dairy Crest Ltd. 26,114.83 
			 Dalestorth Bakery Ltd. 1,193.46 
			 Deli Central 4,362.97 
			 Drinkwaters 4,570.90 
			 E. B. and J. H. Franks 1,185.00 
			 E. C. Longworth 1,783.54 
			 Emerson and Wests of Market Harborough Ltd. 1,917.05 
			 European Freeze Dry 9,792.00 
			 Five Winds Farm 7,373.48 
			 Fresh 'N' Fruity 3,278.30 
			 Fryers Catering Services 6,845.00 
			 G. and J. Collins 133,938.92 
			 Ginsters 1,597.92 
			 Godden Butchers 17,874.11 
			 Golden Vale Dairies Ltd. 5,516.00 
			 Hopwells Ltd. 18,446.49 
			 Hunts Bakery 1,676.23 
			 Island Farm Eggs 5,357.80 
			 James Burrows Ltd. 3,994.92 
			 Jan Marie Bakery 865.00 
			 Jennings Butchers 1,204.86 
			 JSL Meats 32,138.77 
			 K and B Meats Ltd. 20,484.62 
			 Kirby and West Ltd. 2,937.78 
			 Le Pain Nouveau Ltd. 2,559.60 
			 Little Angus Ltd. 9,273.00 
			 M. Leggate and Sons 1,396.75 
			 Major International Ltd. 14,927.11 
			 Maldon Fruit 13,522.45 
			 Manor House Produce Ltd. 1,870.25 
			 Market Garden Prod 5,457.09 
			 Michael Mcdonald 1,401.10 
			 Morris of Coppull 20,582.02 
			 N. G. Woodcock T/A Quality Meats 2,742.89 
			 Nestle Chilled, Sales 1,375.11 
			 Newport Butchers and Bak 1,078.24 
			 North Country Quality Foods Ltd. 5,986.23 
			 North Surrey Bakers 6,876.84 
			 Old Stables Farm 5,585.90 
			 Passion for Food 1,319.75 
			 Pershore Produce (Fruit and Vegetables) Ltd. 4,169.30 
			 Potts Bakers 1,710.56 
			 R. A. Fyfe and Sons Butche 6,782.85 
			 R. Foster and Son Ltd. 1,287.16 
			 Raps (UK) Ltd. 7,299.70 
			 Reeve the Baker 2,869.76 
			 Robinsons the Master Bakers 1,041.79 
			 Rochesters Provisions 3,400.63 
			 Rye Spice Co. Ltd. 1,496.88 
			 Salvatori 9,586.30 
			 Sandy's Bakehouse Ltd. 31,764.05 
			 Silverdale Chilled Foods Ltd. 19,027.61 
			 Sleaford Quality Foods Ltd. 3,494.54 
			 Start Fresh Ltd. 4,177.88 
			 Steers the Greengrocers Ltd. 3,053.39 
			 Summer Garden 1,033.27 
			 Sunnyside Distribution Ltd. 960.84 
			 T. D. Radcliffe 64,305.70 
			 Tavern Fayre 46,121.34 
			 The Bakery 852.50 
			 The Chilled Food Co. T/A Steveric Food 2,565.06 
			 The Crusty Loaf 8,708.24 
			 The Dorset Cake Co. Ltd. 1,755.32 
			 The Fresh Food Co. 3,230.23 
			 The Fruit Basket 1,945.17 
			 The Good Food Chain Ltd. 1,778.25 
			 The Uppercrust Pie Co. Ltd. 3,570.56 
			 The Yorkshire Meat Co. Ltd. 10,038.36 
			 Thompson R. H. and Co. Ltd. 5,400.00 
			 Three Counties Frozen Foods 5,745.44 
			 Tindale and Stanton Ltd.—in Administration 105,964.92 
			 Tom Mitchell (Cornwall) Ltd. 55,359.17 
			 Total Produce (Cardiff) 13,857.69 
			 Tps Chilled Foods 1,055.76 
			 Trotters Family Bakers 20,565.35 
			 W and J Parker (Wholesale) Ltd. 5,465.22 
			 Walkers 1,665.91 
			 Waterfields (Leigh) Ltd. 15,358.94 
			 Westler Foods Ltd. 10,084.94 
			 Windsor Food Services Ltd. 4,695.03 
			 Winspeare Butchers Ltd. 1,149.68 
		
	
	 Food and Drinks :
	
		
			  Nationally contracted suppliers( 1) , 2007-08 
			  Supplier name  £ 
			 Bfs Group Ltd. (trading as 3663)* 23,910,359.78 
			 Chequer Foods Ltd. 223,112.29 
			 DBC Foodservice 420,026.00 
			 (1) Contracts that did not expire in financial year 2007-08 are marked with an asterix. 
		
	
	
		
			  Ad-hoc suppliers, 2007-08 
			  Supplier name  £ 
			 A. C. Ward and Son Ltd. 492,464.19 
			 A. F. Blakemore and Son Ltd. 1,135.75 
			 Abbey Cards 2,022.47 
			 Allsports International Ltd. 10,792.45 
			 ASDA Stores Ltd. 75,624.40 
			 B. A. Cash and Carry 1,747.58 
			 Cadbury Trebor Basset 900.00 
			 Carlisle Mini Market 1,163.84 
			 Charles of Cheddar Ltd. 151,595.46 
			 Cnp Professional Limit 5,414.40 
			 Deebee 5,913.07 
			 Eyke Stores 10,114.17 
			 Farmfoods 1,585.13 
			 First Choice Wholesale Foods Ltd. 13,275.85 
			 Freemans Confectionery Supplies Ltd. 335,194.35 
			 Goodness Foods Ltd. 4,531.98 
			 Greetham Village Shop 4,459.91 
			 H and M Bottomley Ltd. 946.83 
			 Haji Cash and Carry 1,416.02 
			 Holland and Barr Direct 7,211.25 
			 Howarth J. and C. (Wholesale) Ltd. 23,023.99 
			 Hyperama Cash and Carry 3,202.60 
			 I. A. Harris and Sons Ltd. 7,779.52 
			 Iceland 8,310.93 
			 Jill M. Jones 1,583.74 
			 K. K. News 15,838.10 
			 Kater 4 Cash and Carry Ltd. 873.58 
			 Makro Self Service 96,618.30 
			 North Cave News Agency 4,514.87 
			 Overton Stores 3,444.87 
			 Patel R. J. 11,283.13 
			 Peacocks of Richmond 1,178.68 
			 Proctor's Quality Produce Ltd. 4,503.10 
			 Raynor Foods Ltd. 17,947.20 
			 S. and A. Convenience Ltd. 6,762.87 
			 Sainsbury's 86,656.38 
			 Somerfield 3,735.67 
			 Spar (Priory Rd) Ltd. 1,629.77 
			 Suma Wholefoods 7,038.20 
			 Tesco 154,475.76 
			 The Corner Shop 7,329.31 
			 The Village Stores 2,359.04 
			 Thomas Ridley and Son Ltd. 71,334.12 
			 Tropicana Health and Fitness 19,603.05 
			 Turner and Wrights Ltd. 4,323.63 
			 Vicky's Convenience Store 14,876.89 
			 Vitality Group Ltd. 8,889.23 
			 W. M. Morrison plc. 27,254.03 
			 Waitrose 10,544.18 
			 Westone Wholesale Ltd. 9,689.91 
			 Wing Yip Ltd. 3,865.03 
		
	
	 Drinks:
	 Nationally contracted suppliers
	No separate national drink contracts existed in 2007-08 as they were encompassed within other national contracts.
	
		
			  Ad-hoc suppliers, 2007-08 
			  Supplier name  £ 
			 A. G. Barr plc 12,867.59 
			 Bebida Beverage Solutions Ltd. 1,576.25 
			 Discount Coffee Ltd. 865.11 
			 Fresh Ground Coffee Service 2,350.74 
			 Freshroast Coffee Co. Ltd. 9,208.36 
			 Kraft Foods UK Ltd. 15,811.28 
			 Majestic Wine Warehouses Ltd. 8,286.02 
			 Mars Drinks 37,335.96 
			 Miko Coffee South West Ltd. 1,551.40 
			 Mountain Spring Water Co. Ltd. (The) 1,332.75 
			 Oddbins 1,967.85 
			 Springfield Soft Drinks 22,325.31 
			 Tchibo Coffee International Ltd. 10,209.85 
			 The County Arms 1,680.00 
			 The Crown Wetheral 2,445.46 
			 The Drury Tea and Coffee Co. Ltd. 4,570.00 
			 The Silver Spring Mineral Water Co. 17,503.74 
			 Thirsty Work 1,876.60 
			 Trm Trading Ltd. 5,181.80 
			 Wenlock Spring Water 7,915.85 
			 Wetherells Contract Ltd. 1,458.00

Departmental Sick Leave

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  how many staff in his Department or its predecessors were on sick leave for  (a) over 30 days,  (b) over 50 days and  (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years;
	(2)  what the average number of days sick leave per staff member in his Department and its predecessors was in each of the last five years;
	(3)  were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each year since his Department was established;

Jack Straw: For the year 2007-08 the average number of days of sick absence per person in the Ministry of Justice was 10.4 days.
	Due to a machinery of government change the Ministry of Justice was created in May 2007. The figures for its predecessor the Department for Constitutional Affairs are contained in the following table.
	
		
			  Department for Constitutional Affairs sickness absence rate 
			   Working days lost  Average staff in post  Working days lost per person 
			 2003-04 128170 12154 10.5 
			 2004-05 124390 12643 9.8 
			 2005-06 174096 16702 10.4 
			 2006-07 276166 25395 10.9 
		
	
	Absence data for 2003 to 2007 for the Prison Service and National Offender Management Service headquarters is contained in the following table.
	
		
			  Prison Service sickness absence rates 
			   Working days lost  Average staff in post  Working days lost per person 
			 2003-4 628623 47224 13.3 
			 2004-5 616367 48607 12.7 
			 2005-6 589211 48419 12.2 
			 2006-7 573071 49216 11.6 
		
	
	While the MoJ does monitor long term sickness absence it does not record it centrally in these categories and to obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost.

Driving Offences: Insurance

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prosecutions of uninsured drivers there were in each police force area in 2007-08; and what the average penalty imposed was.

Maria Eagle: The number of proceedings at the magistrates courts for the offence of using a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks, and the average fine imposed, by police force area for the years 2006 and 2007 are shown in the following table.
	Data for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.
	
		
			  N umber of proceedings at magistrates courts for the offence of using a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks( 1) , and average fine imposed( 2)  by police force area, England and Wales, 2006-07( 3, 4) 
			   2006  2007 
			  Police force area  Proceedings  Avera ge fine  (£)  Proceedings  Average fine  (£) 
			 Avon and Somerset 11,834 155 8,613 155 
			 Bedfordshire 4,356 183 3,641 210 
			 Cambridgeshire 4,107 182 3,013 186 
			 Cheshire 4,463 195 5,069 224 
			 Cleveland 4,013 210 2,676 216 
			 Cumbria 2,654 186 2,589 193 
			 Derbyshire 4,352 372 4,962 379 
			 Devon and Cornwall 7,500 150 6,125 161 
			 Dorset 5,177 176 5,000 186 
			 Durham 3,285 132 3,276 138 
			 Essex 6,507 202 6,799 217 
			 Gloucestershire 2,838 140 2,471 156 
			 Greater Manchester 26,516 181 19,870 186 
			 Hampshire 6,529 141 6,119 150 
			 Hertfordshire 7,641 216 5,655 216 
			 Humberside 5,085 194 3,271 200 
			 Kent 8,154 221 7,142 223 
			 Lancashire 15,246 183 13,228 191 
			 Leicestershire 5,912 152 4,144 163 
			 Lincolnshire 5,242 196 3,910 202 
			 London, City of 1,575 214 1,416 245 
			 Merseyside 7,807 147 8,782 156 
			 Metropolitan Police 46,132 179 46,095 195 
			 Norfolk 4,054 165 3,671 167 
			 Northamptonshire 3,859 172 2,155 175 
			 Northumbria 10,347 148 8,665 153 
			 North Yorkshire 3,270 185 3,163 193 
			 Nottinghamshire 5,994 147 5,675 159 
			 South Yorkshire 10,307 143 7,414 157 
			 Staffordshire 6,328 256 4,993 257 
			 Suffolk 3,799 162 2,787 168 
			 Surrey 4,173 217 5,879 236 
			 Sussex 5,074 169 5,209 185 
			 Thames Valley 10,329 217 9,325 226 
			 Warwickshire 3,512 230 2,899 229 
			 West Mercia 7,042 218 5,608 223 
			 West Midlands 29,998 211 21,502 209 
			 West Yorkshire 21,641 146 15,666 147 
			 Wiltshire 4,466 228 3,122 217 
			 Dyfed-Powys 2,413 191 2,273 206 
			 Gwent 3,088 172 2,244 174 
			 North Wales 5,057 173 3,741 175 
			 South Wales 11,805 158 9,702 167 
			 England and Wales 353,481 185 299,559 194 
			 (1) An offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 143 (2). (2) Magistrates courts data only. Fines given at the Crown court total nationally (England and Wales) less than 10 each year. (3) It is known that for some police force areas the reporting of court proceedings, in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. (4) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis unit.

Electoral Register

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what estimate he has made of the number of people eligible but not registered to vote in each of the last 11 years, broken down by region;
	(2)  what the average rate of voter registration is in the 100  (a) least and  (b) most deprived wards; what assessment he has made of the effects of individual voter registration on the rate of registration in such wards; and if he will make a statement.
	(3)  what assessment he has made of the effects of individual voter registration on the level of voter registration .

Michael Wills: As my hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Bridget Prentice) explained in answer to these questions from the hon. Gentleman on 16 June 2008,  Official Report, column 887W, the Government have not made any estimate of the number of people eligible but not registered to vote in each of the last 11 years, as such information is not available. However, the Electoral Commission estimated that 3.5 million eligible electors were not registered to vote in their report, 'Understanding Electoral Registration', which was published in 2005.
	It is not known what the average rate of voter registration is in the 100  (a) least and  (b) most deprived wards, as this information is not collected by Government. However, any new system of electoral registration in GB would need to be tailored to current circumstances, and in particular would need to address the challenge of under-registration.

Electoral Register: Local Government

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what  (a) duties and  (b) powers local electoral registration officers have to promote electoral registration.

Michael Wills: The Government have taken a number of steps to help Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) promote and increase electoral registration rates. Section 9 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 (EA Act) placed a new duty on EROs to take all necessary steps to maintain the electoral register, including sending the annual canvass form more than once, making house to house inquiries and inspecting records that an ERO is permitted to inspect. These records are those held by the local authority and include council tax, land and property, housing benefit and educational where available. It is for each ERO to decide on the best steps to use in conjunction with their local knowledge to ensure that requirements for making contact with persons and maintaining the register are complied with.
	Section 69 of the EA Act imposes a duty on EROs to promote local participation within their areas. Assisting EROs in meeting this obligation falls within the Electoral Commission's remit, as does issuing guidance to electoral registration officers more generally.
	The Act also included a provision for the Electoral Commission to introduce a new performance standards framework for electoral services. The Commission published a final set of performance standards for Electoral Registration Officers in Great Britain in July 2008, details of which have been laid before the House. The Commission will publish the results of EROs' self-assessments against these standards in spring 2009.

Offenders: Ex-servicemen

Andrew Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the cost of  (a) the veterans in custody support programme at HM Prison Everthorpe and  (b) extending the programme across the custodial estate; and whether he has had discussions with (i) the Ministry of Defence, (ii) the Department of Health, (iii) HM Prison Service and (iv) the National Offender Management Service on the (A) funding and (B) timetable for an extension of the programme; and if he will make a statement.

David Hanson: To date, no formal estimate has been made of the cost of the HM Prison Everthorpe Veterans in Custody Support programme. However, we are aware that a prison officer in the establishment devotes about one day a week to attend to referrals and a further three hours a month to facilitate a veterans' forum. It will not be possible to estimate the cost of a national roll-out of this programme, until we have some reliable research to better determine the numbers of veterans offending. We anticipate that this information will be available to us by September 2009.
	Prison In-Reach, a cross departmental non-executive working group, led by the Ministry of Defence, brings together representation from The National Offender Management Service and public sector prisons in addition to third sector partners. This provides an excellent opportunity for collaborative working and the pooling of resources. The Department of Health is a key partner of both the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Justice in the provision of health care services to veterans and the general offender population. Once the research is available, it may be possible to discuss the delivery of specific interventions to meet the needs of veterans.
	The group is currently preparing a guidance pack for prison officers, working with veterans. This will provide a useful resource for prisons wishing to develop a service similar to that delivered at Everthorpe. We anticipate that this will be ready for distribution and introduction during the second quarter of this year.

Prison Sentences

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2009,  Official Report, column 519W, on prison sentences, how many and what proportion of prisoners serving a prison sentence beyond their original or adjusted tariff were prisoners serving indeterminate imprisonment for public protection who had  (a) not yet completed their mandatory courses and  (b) are awaiting a Parole Board hearing at the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by region.

Maria Eagle: As of 15 December 2008 there were 1,508 prisoners serving an Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) who were or would be held in prison beyond their tariff on 9 February 2009.
	There are no mandatory courses that IPP prisoners must complete before being considered for a Parole Board hearing. Therefore, there are no IPP prisoners who are awaiting a Parole Board hearing having not completed a mandatory course.
	However, IPP prisoners may be identified as suitable for inclusion in specific offending behaviour programmes, depending upon the nature of their offending and their identified risk factors. As of December 2008, 2,865 IPP prisoners had been given access to at least one offending behaviour programme. This equates to 58 per cent. of the current IPP prisoner population.
	These figures are taken from a NOMS database and, as with any large scale recording system, it is subject to possible errors arising from either data entry or processing.

Apprentices

David Willetts: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform with reference to the answer of 2 June 2008,  Official Report, column 769W, on apprentices, what steps are being taken to increase the number of apprentices employed by his Department.

Patrick McFadden: In our response of 2 June 2008 we were not able to state how many apprentices we had as responsibility was devolved to each business area. We have since established a corporate apprenticeship offer for BERR staff who do not have degrees.
	BERR is promoting a new apprenticeship offer for staff in business administration, customer service, information technology, team leadership and management. Awareness sessions are running for staff and their managers throughout February, with the first programmes starting in April. Our aim is to recruit 20 apprentices at either level 2 or level 3 during the first year, and currently have one member of staff on the apprenticeship pathfinder.
	We are working together with our agencies to help them promote apprenticeships for their staff. Currently Companies House has a 61 staff studying for apprenticeships (35 at level 2 and 26 at level 3).

Broadband: Low Incomes

John Battle: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps his Department is taking to increase levels of access to broadband for lower-income households.

Patrick McFadden: My right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister appointed my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales as Minister for Digital Inclusion last year because the Government recognise this as a very important challenge facing the UK.
	While there had been a modest increase in broadband use in recent years it was clear that take up had slowed down and that the remaining one third of the population (17 million people) would need to see the benefits of the internet and develop the skills and confidence to use it.
	Since taking on the role, the Digital Inclusion Minister has formed a dedicated Cabinet committee—MISC 34, he has established a cross-government coordination unit, and Government have engaged a wide range of stakeholders in developing the cross-government report "Delivering Digital Inclusion—An Action plan for Consultation"
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/deliveringdigitalinclusion
	in order to have a coherent and concerted drive to address digital inclusion and increase access to broadband for poorer households with children for example The Home Access programme. We are also looking at with key stakeholders—planners, registered social landlords (RSL's) and the construction industry at ways of designing out "digital exclusion" from social housing, special accommodation and new builds. The action plan details over 70 Government actions taking place to advance digital inclusion and future actions being considered by Government to facilitate access and skills to digital technologies for disadvantaged groups and individuals in The annex
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/digitalinclusionannex
	of the report. The consultation was launched on 27 October 2008 and was extended to 26 January at the request of stakeholders. Government are currently analysing responses to inform further progress.
	My noble Friend, Lord Carter's Digital Britain report will develop plans for a digital Universal Service Commitment to be effective by 2012. An interim report was published on 29 January 2009, which laid out the road of travel and issues Government intend to look at before a full report is published in the summer 2009.

Charities: Telephone Services

Willie Rennie: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will assess the merits of exempting charities from the requirements of the Privacy and Electronic (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 in relation to telephone numbers registered with the Telephone Preference Service.

Patrick McFadden: holding answer 23 February 2009
	The ability for consumers to register their wish not to be contacted by Direct Marketers, whether they be charities or commercial organisations, is a key benefit of the telephone preference system. The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations lay down rules for organisations, including charities, sending unsolicited marketing by electronic means.
	Direct marketing does not just refer to selling products or services to individuals, it includes the promotional activities of charities as well. This means that both the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 apply to charities.
	The European directive from which these regulations are derived (the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications (2002/58/EC)) specifies that the "soft" opt-in rules on marketing by electronic means apply to all commercial relationships between organisations and consumers.
	Charities may wish to improve the wording of their data protection and privacy statements so that a potential donor would actively "invite" promotional material through electronic mail.

Departmental Correspondence

Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what his Department's average response time to a letter received from  (a) an hon. Member and  (b) a member of the public was in each year since it was established.

Patrick McFadden: The Cabinet Office, on an annual basis, publishes a report to Parliament on the performance of departments in replying to Members correspondence. The report for 2007 was published on 20 March 2008,  Official Report, columns 71-74WS. Information for 2008 is currently being collated and will be published as soon as it is ready. Reports for earlier years are available in the Library of the House.
	With respect to correspondence from members of the public, this information cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate costs. The Department does however aim to respond to all written correspondence within 15 working days.
	Statistics on the handling of letters from members of the public are published in the BERR annual report which will be available later in the year.

Members: Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when the Secretary of State plans to reply to the letter of 18 December 2008 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr. Thomas Stocker, transferred from the Ministry of Defence.

Patrick McFadden: I responded to my right hon. Friend on 11 February 2009.

Regional Development Agencies

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Beckenham of 6 October 2008,  Official Report, column 288W, on regional development agencies: offices, what the address is of each overseas office of each regional development agency.

Patrick McFadden: The addresses of RDA overseas offices are as requested .
	 Advantage West Midlands
	 Germany - Advantage West Midlands, Im Dornenhau 29, D-50129, Bergheim-Glessen, Germany
	 France - Advantage West Midlands, 33, Avenue du Maine, Tour Montparnasse, 75755 Paris Cedex 15, France
	 Brussels - Advantage West Midlands, c/o West Midlands in Europe, Oudergemselaan 22-28
	Avenue d'Auderghem, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
	 Nordic area - Advantage West Midlands (Nordic), Wifsta Manor, SE-861 33 Timra-Sundsvall, Sweden
	The Japanese and both American office are full time offices and directly staffed. The Indian and Australian are staffed part-time via an external consultant.
	 (Shared with EMDA) Japan ( until 31.03 09 only) - British Midlands Japan Office, Kishimoto Building (3F), 311A, 2-1 Marunouchi 2 Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 0005,Japan
	 (Shared with EMDA) India (emda only from 01.04.09) - British Midlands India OfficeSquare Circle Consultancy, Mangesh Building 1st Floor, 9 Avantikabal Gukhale Street, Opera House, Mumbai 400004, India
	 (Shared with EMDA) Australia - British Midlands Australia Office, Corvon Pty Ltd, 461 Whitehorse Road, Balwyn Victoria 3103, Australia
	 (Shared with EMDA) USA East Coast (until 28.02.09 only) - British Midlands Boston Office, The British Midlands, 225 Franklin Street, 26th Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA
	 (Shared with EMDA) USA Midwest (until 31.03.09 only) - British Midlands Chicago Office - The British Midlands, Civic Opera Building, 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 930, Chicago, IL 60606, USA
	 (Shared with EMDA) USA West Coast (until 28.02.09 only) - British Midlands San Jose Office, The British Midlands, 95 South Market Street, Suite 300, San Jose, California 95113, USA
	 East Midlands Development Agency
	The East Midlands German and French offices are staffed part-time through an external consultant.
	 Germany - England's East Midlands Germany Office, DS Consulting GmbH, Mangstrasse 29, 80997 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
	 France - England's East Midlands France Office, Breeze Strategy (France), 52 rue du Roi de Sicile, Paris 75004, France
	The Japanese and both American office are full time offices and directly staffed. The Indian and Australian are staffed part-time via an external consultant.
	 (Shared with AWM) Japan ( until 31.03 09 only) - British Midlands Japan Office, Kishimoto Building (3F), 311 A, 2-1 Marunouchi 2 Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 0005, Japan
	 (Shared with AWM) India (emda only from 01.04.09) - British Midlands India OfficeSquare Circle Consultancy, Mangesh Building 1st Floor, 9 Avantikabal Gukhale Street, Opera House, Mumbai 400004, India
	 (Shared with AWM) Australia - British Midlands Australia Office, Corvon Pty Ltd, 461 Whitehorse Road, Balwyn Victoria 3103, Australia
	 (Shared with AWM) USA East Coast (until 28.02.09 only) - British Midlands Boston Office, The British Midlands, 225 Franklin Street, 26th Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA
	 (Shared with AWM) USA Midwest (until 31.03.09 only) - British Midlands Chicago Office - The British Midlands, Civic Opera Building, 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 930, Chicago, IL 60606, USA
	 (Shared with AWM) USA West Coast (until 28.02.09 only) - British Midlands San Jose Office, The British Midlands, 95 South Market Street, Suite 300, San Jose, California 95113, USA
	 East Of England Development Agency
	No overseas offices
	 London Development Agency
	 China - The London China Office Beijing, Unit 9A, 11 Level. CI Office Tower. Oriental Plaza. Nol East Changan Avenue. Dongcheng District. Beijing 100738 China
	 China - The London China Office Shanghai, 1st Floor Cross Tower, 318 Fuzhou Road, Shanghai 200001, China
	A rented desk within the British Council, Shanghai office.
	 India - The London India Office Delhi, Level 4, Rectangle 1, Commercial Complex D4, Saket, New Delhi - 110017. India
	 India - The London India Office Mumbai, Regus, Level 6, Vaswani Manisions, Dinshaw Vacha Road. Churchgate, Mumbai - 400 020, India
	 North West Development Agency
	The NWDA does not maintain direct offices overseas but works in collaboration with other organisations to have representation in key markets for the purposes of foreign direct investment (FDI).
	 (Shared with YF) Japan - The North of England, Renai Partire Shiodome 5F, 2-18-3, Higashi Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0021, Japan (joint Japanese office with Yorkshire Forward under the North of England brand).
	 (Shared with ONE) USA - 444 N.Michigan Avenue, Suite 441, Chicago 60611 (joint American office with ONE under the North of England brand) with small joint satellite offices at:-
	3455 Peachtree Road NE, 5th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30326 USA
	4695 MacArthur Court, 11th Floor, Newport Beach, CA 92660, USA
	8 Faneuil Hall Market Place, 3rd Floor, Boston , MA 02109, USA
	 One North East
	 China - Unit 2604, Westgate Tower, 1038 Nanjing West Road, Shanghai 200041, China
	 Japan - One North East Japan, 4th Floor, BR Shinagawa, 2 Building, 10-6 Kita-Shinagawa, 1-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0001, Japan
	 Brussels - North East England Office, Centre for the Regions, Boulevard St Michel 80 1040 Brussels, Belgium
	 (Shared with NWDA) USA - 444 N.Michigan Avenue, Suite 441, Chicago 60611 with small joint satellite offices at:-
	3455 Peachtree Road NE, 5th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30326 USA
	4695 MacArthur Court, 11th Floor, Newport Beach, CA 92660, USA
	8 Faneuil Hall Market Place, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02109, USA
	 South East of England Development Agency
	SEEDA does not maintain any overseas offices. It retains the services of a network of representatives, who can be contacted at the following addresses:
	 Japan - Business Information Centre, Trade and Industry Centre Building, 2, Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-0023, Japan
	 China - Suite 1620, New Town Centre, 83 Loushanguan Road, Shanghai 200336, China
	 India - British Deputy High Commission, 11th Floor Namam Chambers, C32/ G Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai 40051, India
	 Australasia - 180a Warringah Road, Beacon Hill 2100, NSW, Australia
	 South Korea - IKP Building 8th Floor, 300-6 Yomgok-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul Korea 137-170
	 USA East Coast - 580 Harrison Ave, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02110, USA
	 USA Midwest - 200 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60606, USA
	 USA West Coast - 600 Anton Boulevard, 11th Floor, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, USA
	 USA West Coast - 530 Lytton Ave, Suite 205, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA
	 Germany - c/o Dr Baumer Consultants, Leimengrubenstrasse 16, 70839 Gerlingen, Germany
	 France - Quartier St Marcel, 84830 Serignan du Comtat, Vaucluse, France
	 South West of England Development Agency
	 Japan - 403, Nishiyama-kogyo Akasaka Building, 15-18 Akasaka 2 - Chome, Minato-ku , Tokyo 107 - 0052, Japan
	 China - RM 216, 2/F, Overseas Chinese Scholars Venture Bldg, Shenzhen Hi-tech Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China 518057
	 Australia  and New Zealand- 23 Arden Street, North Melbourne, Victoria 3051, Australia
	 Yorkshire Forward
	 China - Yorkshire Forward China Office, A - 809 Zhejiang World Trade Centre, 122 Shuguang Road, Hangzhou 310007. P R China
	 India - Yorkshire Forward, British Deputy High Commission, Maker Chambers IV, Second Floor, 222 Jamnalal Bajaj Road, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021
	 (Shared with NWDA) Japan - Renai Partire Shiodome 5F, 2-18-3, Higashi Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0021, Japan.

Charities

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2009,  Official Report, column 1312W, on charities, what criteria the Government Equalities Office used in determining applications for funding from the charities referred to; and if she will make a statement.

Maria Eagle: For the special fund for rape crisis centres, the following criteria were used:
	Applicants had to be a member of Rape Crisis England and Wales, ensuring that the fund was targeted at those organisations where there was evidence of need for support;
	Applicants had to have a demonstrable charitable purpose;
	Applications for funding could only be sought for the continuation of support services to victims of sexual violence.
	For the three other charities listed in 20 January 2009,  Official Report, column 1312W, the main criteria were:
	Applicants had to have a demonstrable charitable purpose;
	The projects for which funding was sought had to contribute to the Government Equalities Office's departmental strategic objective to address the disadvantage that individuals experience because of their gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
	As set out in my answer to 251979, decisions on any future funding to these or other charities will be announced in the usual way.

Equality: Pay

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce the gender pay gap.

Maria Eagle: I refer the hon. Member to the recent answer given to the hon. Member for Basingstoke (Mrs. Miller) by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Women and Equality on 27 January 2009,  Official Report, columns 160-61.

Apprentices

David Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 4 June 2008,  Official Report, column 947W, on apprentices, what progress his Department has made towards meeting its share of the Government's commitment to employ over 1,000 apprentices in central Government departments and agencies in 2008-09.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: My right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Children Schools and Families, and for Innovation Universities and Skills together with other members of the Cabinet this week announced 21,000 new apprenticeships in the public sector to deliver on the Government's pledge earlier this year to create 35,000 additional apprenticeship places. This will considerably expand the number of apprenticeship places in frontline public services including hospitals, schools, colleges and town halls across the country in 2009-10. The following table sets out the number of people undertaking apprenticeship training as part of the Government Skills National Apprenticeship Pathfinder scheme in 2008-09:
	
		
			  Department  Numbers currently on apprenticeship programmes  Total numbers expected to start apprenticeship programmes in 2008-09 
			 BERR 1 1 
			 Cabinet Office 4 4 
			 DCLG 8 8 
			 DCSF 20 27 
			 DIUS 19 22 
			 DoH 1 3 
			 Driving Standards Agency 84 84 
			 DWP 195 195 
			 FCO 0 64 
			 GCHQ 10 10 
			 HMRC 16 155 
			 HM Treasury(1) 0 0 
			 MoJ 353 353 
			 HO/UKBA 260 336 
			 MoD 62 62 
			 ONS 68 68 
			 Total 1,106 1,395 
			 (1) I refer the right hon. Member to the reply to his question of 9 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1618W.

Children

Nick Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what guidance his Department has issued on which Every Child Matters outcomes should be directly linked to the curriculum.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has published "Every Child Matters" at the heart of the curriculum booklet. This explores the place of "Every Child Matters" as a fundamental part of the curriculum, why each outcome is important and the implications for curriculum design. It also looks at the type of learning experiences—both in the curriculum and out of lessons—that schools can design to achieve each of the "Every Child Matters" outcomes.
	There is further QCA guidance on the importance of the "Every Child Matters" outcomes in designing an effective new secondary curriculum, available at:
	http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/key-stages-3-and-4/personaldevelopment/index.aspx

Music: Education

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2008,  Official Report, columns 385-6W, on music: education, 
	(1)  when his Department published the formal evaluation of the programme of professional development for music teachers; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  what reports his Department has received on the effectiveness of the Professional Development Fund for music teachers; and if he will make a statement;
	(3)  what assessment he has made of the effects of the £2 million fund for professional development of music teachers on standards of instrumental and vocal tuition in maintained schools; and if he will make a statement.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 15 July 2008,  Official Report, columns 385-6W, which said that the evaluation of the programme of professional development for practitioners involved in music in primary schools is ongoing and extensive. Trinity College London and The Open University collect a wide range of data which demonstrates the extent to which music practitioners have engaged with the CPD programme. In summary: 1,300 have engaged with the programme at some level, 733 have attended the core modules, and 304 portfolios have been received to date.
	An analysis of the feedback from participants in the programme indicates a high level of satisfaction with their experience. It is too early to gauge the impact on children's learning but informal evidence from local authorities who had a high proportion of teachers taking part is very positive. A review of the first phase of the programme will be published in March and will be made available through the programme website at
	www.ks2music.org.uk

Pre-school Education: York

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many nursery places were available in City of York constituency in each of the last 20 years.

Beverley Hughes: Information on the number of nursery places available is not collected centrally, however information on the number of part-time early education places filled is shown in the tables.
	Table 1 provides information about the part-time equivalent number of free early education places filled by three and four-year-olds in city of York parliamentary constituency area from 2004 to 2008. Data at parliamentary constituency level are not available prior to 2004.
	
		
			  Table 1: Part-time equivalent number of free early education places( 1, 2, 3)  filled by three and four-year-olds, city of York  parliamentary constituency , position in January each year 
			   Three-year-olds  Four-year-olds 
			   Maintained nursery and primary schools( 4)  Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers( 5)  Total three-year-olds  Maintained nursery and primary schools( 6)  Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers( 7)  Total four-year-olds 
			 2004 560 430 990 820 200 1,000 
			 2005 600 410 1,000 800 210 1,000 
			 2006 520 520 1,000 810 240 1,000 
			 2007 510 450 960 740 210 950 
			 2008 580 610 1,200 750 220 970 
			 (1) A place is equal to five or more sessions and can be filled by more than one child. (2) Figures are rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise. (3) Prior to 2004, information on early education places was derived from returns made by local authorities as part of the nursery education grant (NEG) data collection exercise. These data were collected at local authority level, therefore, data for this parliamentary constituency prior to 2004 is not available. (4) Headcount of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the School Census. (5) Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the School Census. (6) Headcount of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the School Census. (7) Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the School Census. 
		
	
	Table 2 provides information about the part-time equivalent number of free early education places filled by three and four-year-olds for York local authority area for the years 1997 to 2008.
	
		
			  Table 2: Part-time equivalent number of free early education places( 1, 2)  filled by three and four-year-olds, York local authority, position in January each year 
			   Three-year-olds  Four-year-olds 
			   Maintained nursery and primary schools( 3)  Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers  Total three-year-olds  Maintained nursery and primary schools( 4)  Other maintained and private, voluntary and independent providers  Total four-year-olds 
			 1997 680 n/a 680 n/a n/a (5, 6)1,900 
			 1998 750 n/a 750 n/a n/a (5, 6)1,800 
			 1999 810 n/a 810 n/a n/a (5, 6)1,900 
			 2000 790 (7)0 800 n/a n/a (5, 6)2,000 
			 2001 700 (7)920 1,600 n/a n/a (5, 6)1,800 
			 2002 690 (7)950 1,600 1,500 (5)390 1,900 
			 2003 640 (7)980 1,600 1,500 (8)380 1,900 
			 2004 660 (9)900 1,600 1,500 (10)340 1,800 
			 2005 700 (9)940 1,600 1,400 (10)380 1,700 
			 2006 630 (9)1,000 1,700 1,400 (10)420 1,900 
			 2007 600 (9)1,000 1,600 1,300 (10)390 1,700 
			 2008 690 (9)1,400 2,100 1,400 (10)440 1,800 
			 n/a = Not available. (1) A place is equal to five or more sessions and can be filled by more than one child. (2) Figures are rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise. (3) Headcount of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the School Census. (4) Headcount of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the School Census. (5 )Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the nursery education grant data collection exercise. (6) For the years 1997 to 2001, four-year-old sub national figures from the nursery education grant data collection exercise can not be disaggregated between the maintained and private, voluntary and independent sectors. (7) Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the nursery education grant data collection exercise. (8) Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census supplementary data collection exercise and the School Census. (9) Part-time equivalent number of children aged three at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the School Census. (10) Part-time equivalent number of children aged four at 31 December in the previous calendar year from the Early Years Census and the School Census. 
		
	
	The latest figures on early education places for three and four-year-olds in England were published in Statistical First Release (SFR) 12/2008 "Provision for children under five years of age in England: January 2008", available on my Department's website at:
	http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000790/index.shtml

Primary Education: Curriculum

Adrian Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the interim report of the Rose Review of the Primary Curriculum.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Government welcome Sir Jim Rose's interim report and the broad direction of travel it sets out. Ministers will give careful consideration to his final report and recommendations, which are expected in the spring.

Primary Education: Curriculum

Nick Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which schools are taking part in the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority pilot studies on the implementation of the Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Following the publication of the final report in the spring, we will consider whether elements of the new primary curriculum should be piloted to inform the package of support for schools prior to the introduction of the new curriculum from September 2011. No pilots related to the independent review of the primary curriculum are currently taking place or planned prior to publication of the final report.

Primary Education: Curriculum

Nick Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the draft programmes of learning being consulted on by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority as part of the Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Sir Jim Rose is scheduled to submit the final report of the independent review of the primary curriculum in the spring. The final report will include recommended draft programmes of learning, which if accepted, would be subject to statutory consultation and placed in the Libraries.

Primary Education: Curriculum

Nick Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the  (a) dates and  (b) locations are of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority regional conferences on the Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum being held between January and April 2009.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The dates and locations of the regional conferences QCA are holding on behalf of the independent primary curriculum review regional events are:
	
		
			  Date  Location 
			 20 January Congress Centre, London 
			 22 January The Royal York Hotel, York 
			 27 January The East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham 
			 3 February Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, Bristol 
			 10 February University Arms Hotel, Cambridge 
			 12 February Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham 
			 3 March Raddison Edwardian Hotel, Manchester 
			 5 March Congress Centre, London 
			 10 March The Newcastle Marriott Hotel MetroCentre, Newcastle

Pupil Referral Units

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1725-6W, on pupil referral units, how many responses to the survey were received; who collated the shortlist; and what other names were considered.

Jim Knight: The Department received over 100 suggestions for a new name for pupil referral units, in response to our consultation on the White Paper Back on Track, published in May 2008. Officials suggested a shortlist to Ministers but Ministers also considered other possible names.
	A survey was also conducted by the national organisation for pupil referral units on their website. 205 votes were cast in total, and the following names were suggested (in order of popularity):
	Alternative Centre for Excellence
	Spectrum school
	Intensive Support school
	Back on Track school
	Integration school
	Prism school
	Prospect school
	Link school
	Inclusion school
	These names were considered by Ministers, as were the following (which were not included in the survey):
	Short Stay school
	Progress school
	Affirmative school
	Development school
	Vision school
	Outlook school
	Opportunity school
	Renewal school
	Advancement school

Schools: Children in Care

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 28 January,  Official Report, columns 672-4W, on special educational needs, in which schools children in care represented more than six per cent. of pupils.

Beverley Hughes: The requested information has been placed in the Libraries.
	The Department's main source of information on children in care is the Children Looked After Survey, but this does not record which schools pupils attend. However, information on whether a pupil is in care is also collected via the School Census. The most recent census data relates to January 2008.
	This census shows that there were 34,390 pupils aged five to 19 attending primary, secondary and special schools classed as being in care as at January 2008. Data published by the Department as SFR 23/2008: Children looked after in England (including adoption and care leavers) year ending 31 March 2008, shows 47,600 children aged between five and 19 as being looked after as at 31 March 2008. However the School Census does not cover all looked after children; information is not collected for pupils in alternative provision, including pupil referral units, FE colleges, voluntary provision and those not in education or training. These differences in coverage will explain the different counts to an extent, but it is possible that the School Census undercounts the number of looked after children in primary, secondary and special schools.

Special Educational Needs

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1344W, on special educational needs, what the equivalent figures were for special educational needs pupils taught in special schools.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Information on the levels obtained in key stage 2 and key stage 3 tests by pupils with special education needs (SEN) in maintained special schools in 2007 are shown in the following tables. These figures are based on final KS2 and KS3 data.
	
		
			  Key Stage 2 test results by each level( 1)  in 2007( 2) , by special education needs( 3)  (maintained special schools only) 
			  Percentage of pupils achieving each level in English 
			   Eligible pupils  Absent  T  B  N  2  3  4  5 
			 SEN without a statement 92 8 (4)— 47 7 (4)— 22 13 (4)— 
			 SEN with a statement 5,798 2 (4)— 87 2 1 5 3 (4)— 
		
	
	
		
			  Percentage of pupils achieving each level in  mathematics 
			   Eligible pupils  Absent  T  B  N  2  3  4  5 
			 SEN without a statement 92 5 (4)— 39 10 (4)— 26 13 (4)— 
			 SEN with a statement 5,799 2 (4)— 84 3 1 6 4 (4)— 
		
	
	
		
			  Percentage of pupils achieving each level in  science 
			   Eligible pupils  Absent  T  B  N  2  3  4  5 
			 SEN without a statement 92 8 (4)— 36 (4)— (4)— 30 21 (4)— 
			 SEN with a statement 5,808 2 (4)— 77 3 1 9 7 1 
		
	
	
		
			  Key Stage 3 test results by each level( 1)  in 2007( 2) , by special education needs( 3)  (maintained special schools only) 
			  Percentage of pupils achieving each level in English 
			   Eligible pupils  Absent  T  B  N  3  4  5  6 7 
			 SEN without a statement 68 13 (4)— 54 10 (4)— (4)— (4)— (4)— (4)— 
			 SEN with a statement 9,160 4 (4)— 83 5 2 3 1 (4)— (4)— 
		
	
	
		
			  Percentage of pupils achieving each level in  mathematics 
			   Eligible pupils  Absent  T  B  N  2  3  4  5 6 7 8 
			 SEN without a statement 67 18 (4)— 33 (4)— (4)— 25 12 7 (4)— (4)— (4)— 
			 SEN with a statement 9,155 6 (4)— 57 5 2 16 9 3 1 (4)— (4)— 
		
	
	
		
			  Percentage of pupils achieving each level in  science 
			   Eligible pupils  Absent  T  B  N  2  3  4  5 6 7 
			 SEN without a statement 68 12 7 32 (4)— (4)— 19 21 7 (4)— (4)— 
			 SEN with a statement 9,177 7 1 53 4 3 13 15 4 1 (4)— 
			 (1) Includes T—unable to access test; B—not entered for test; N—failed to register a level; (2) Final data. (3) Status of special educational needs (SEN) taken in spring school census for all years. (4) Figures involving fewer than five pupils have been suppressed. 
		
	
	Similar information for all pupils in maintained schools with SEN for 2007 can be found in SFR38/2007, at:
	http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000759/index.shtml
	The KS2 and KS3 figures in this published SFR were based on provisional data.

Special Educational Needs

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1730-1W, on special educational needs, how many pupils in each category attended schools in each local authority area in each year.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The requested information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Special Educational Needs

Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  how many and what proportion of  (a) all children with speech, language and communications difficulties,  (b) children with speech, language and communication difficulties in the five per cent. most deprived areas and  (c) children with speech, language and communication difficulties in the 10 per cent. most deprived areas achieved the national standard in (i) all of the Foundation Stage Profile assessments, (ii) all Foundation Stage profile assessments on personal, social and emotional development, (iii) all Foundation Stage profile assessments on communication, language and literacy and (iv) all Foundation Stage profile assessments on mathematical development in each year for which records are available;
	(2)  how many and what proportion of children identified with speech, language and communication difficulties achieved the national standard in each of the Foundation Stage Profile assessments in each year for which records are available;
	(3)  how many and what proportion of children identified with speech, language and communication difficulties from the  (a) five per cent. most deprived areas and  (b) 10 per cent. most deprived areas achieved the national standard in the Foundation Stage Profile assessments in each year for which records are available.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The information requested on the proportion of children identified with speech, language and communication difficulties achieving the national standard in individual scales by levels of deprivation can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Special Educational Needs

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1730-2W, on special educational needs, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures given by  (a) male and  (b) female pupils.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 9 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1730-2W.

Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 11 February 2009,  Official Report, column 2117W on special educational needs: pupil exclusions, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures by  (a) type of special educational need and  (b) local authority area.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The requested information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Supply Teachers

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  what advice his Department provides to schools on the recruitment of supply teachers; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  what discussions his Department has had with the Office of Government Commerce on the provision of supply teachers since September 2008; and if he will make a statement.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Department has provided guidance to schools on the recruitment of supply teachers in the document 'Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education'. The guidance sets out the responsibilities of those recruiting supply teachers and the best practices, some underpinned by legislation, to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
	The framework for the Department's Quality Mark award for employment agencies and local authorities also sets out recruitment, selection and vetting standards for supply teachers. Schools are encouraged to use holders of the Quality Mark who have demonstrated they meet these standards in managing and providing supply teachers to schools.
	Temporary Workers in Education (TWiE) is a project of the Department's Educational Procurement Centre (EPC). The EPC has a remit to work across the schools sector promoting and supporting sustainable procurement practices and effective contract management with the goal of achieving cost and administrative savings for schools.
	The TWiE project aims to provide London schools with a reliable, safe and accessible online method of procuring temporary education workers. It is currently working collaboratively with the London Borough of Hounslow which is in a tender process on behalf of the London Contracts and Supplies Group. Companies have been invited to tender to act as a neutral vendor which will provide an online system through which London Boroughs and London schools can procure temporary workers including supply teachers. It is expected that a contract will be awarded in June 2009.
	OGC staff sit on the Project Board which oversees the TWiE project, and have done so since September 2008. OGC and DCSF have also had discussions in relation to the project, including regular monthly meetings between senior responsible staff. There have also been a number of discussions agreeing the role of OGC staff on the Project Board, and a meeting to review models for the project. Some of these discussions also touched on the provision of supply teachers and other staff outside London.
	In addition to OGC's role on the TWiE Project Board, another member of OGC staff has been advising the London Contracts and Supplies Group on the current tender process and as part of this work has had some contact with Department staff, particularly on the issue of pricing models.

Sure Start Programme

Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much the Government has spent on Sure Start programmes in each local authority area since 1997; and how much has been spent on Sure Start programmes in each of the  (a) 20 per cent. most deprived,  (b) 10 per cent. most deprived and  (c) 5 per cent. most deprived local authority areas.

Beverley Hughes: The first Sure Start Local programmes were set up in 1999-2000. By 2003-04 there were 524 Sure Start Local programmes across the country. Data for revenue spend for years prior to 2003-04 are not readily available at local authority level.
	The total SSLP revenue spend for all authorities for the period from 1999-2000 to 2002-03 was £315,083,000.
	The delivery of first phase Children's Centres began in 2003-04.
	The Combined SSLP and Children's Centres revenue spend for all authorities from 2003-04 to 2007-08 and the total capital from 1999 to 2007-08 is shown in table A.
	
		
			  Table A( 1) :  SSLP and Children's Centre revenue spend 2003-04 to 2007-08 and  t otal  c apital spend from 1999 to 2007-08 
			   Revenue  s pend  
			  Top  t ier LA  20 03-04  20 04-05  20 05-06  20 06-0 7  20 07-08  Total  capital s pend from 1999 
			 Barking and Dagenham 1,757,442 2,481,523 3,833,935 2,718,767 2,291,389 10,297,586 
			 Barnet 298,392 519,706 957,768 1,233,400 3,031,896 2,236,056 
			 Barnsley 2,700,556 3,177,468 4,356,089 5,044,862 4,652,058 8,687,272 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 445,032 754,046 940,669 1,271,219 1,410,844 2,307,682 
			 Bedfordshire 620,441 683,731 912,971 2,470,457 2,275,686 4,302,601 
			 Bexley 748,410 785,491 953,745 1,459,868 1,688,734 2,240,057 
			 Birmingham 6,544,638 8,323,079 15,505,854 20,202,569 18,772,623 33,215,232 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 2,967,803 3,763,784 4,569,753 6,283,069 6,239,994 10,280,435 
			 Blackpool 1,356,852 1,718,584 2,363,199 3,058,124 2,877,500 6,681,646 
			 Bolton 2,839,491 3,138,634 4,093,762 3,054,320 2,497,902 10,265,788 
			 Bournemouth 774,796 905,763 1,079,548 1,890,413 1,710,922 2,259,610 
			 Bracknell Forest 0 0 39,669 438,170 505,255 1,168,175 
			 Bradford 5,060,706 5,910,820 8,418,624 9,187,781 10,051,073 12,392,210 
			 Brent 1,924,893 2,287,232 3,136,548 2,062,707 1,645,904 5,984,229 
			 Brighton and Hove 1,212,885 1,320,764 1,674,653 2,358,460 2,655,268 5,645,759 
			 Bristol 3,155,363 3,408,972 4,626,657 5,724,261 5,716,095 8,129,829 
			 Bromley 624,180 723,210 968,219 1,593,486 2,053,334 3,584,763 
			 Buckinghamshire 225,456 447,714 887,958 982,113 2,196,913 3,211,588 
			 Bury 675,403 713,639 1,039,471 1,536,289 1,632,356 2,977,701 
			 Calderdale 1,802,270 2,081,903 2,390,712 3,445,773 3,202,667 4,771,018 
			 Cambridgeshire 1,192,513 1,496,604 1,965,453 2,836,776 3,144,533 2,888,429 
			 Camden 3,328,856 4,011,531 4,429,642 5,003,841 3,977,572 9,768,639 
			 Cheshire 2,115,839 2,551,256 3,610,018 4,931,493 4,840,200 3,733,406 
			 City of London 0 0 0 90,000 90,000 128,176 
			 Cornwall 4,363,840 5,016,203 5,854,055 4,923,359 3,986,907 13,212,019 
			 Coventry 2,283,143 2,682,312 3,004,458 2,950,379 2,409,543 9,074,348 
			 Croydon 754,996 812,875 954,053 2,594,818 2,909,499 4,911,764 
			 Cumbria 3,366,350 3,771,381 4,372,187 5,233,129 4,488,335 8,516,155 
			 Darlington 1,135,960 1,313,523 1,701,263 1,589,514 1,475,563 3,260,982 
			 Derby 2,274,015 2,611,331 2,621,706 2,451,570 2,116,247 9,036,898 
			 Derbyshire 3,028,718 3,584,229 3,504,523 3,501,464 2,875,761 11,089,004 
			 Devon 2,301,557 2,876,215 3,263,950 4,863,394 6,342,455 10,401,877 
			 Doncaster 3,108,451 3,735,822 5,023,025 6,680,423 6,192,264 11,309,946 
			 Dorset 746,023 816,558 1,112,395 1,970,848 2, 229,111 3,016,982 
			 Dudley 1,660,974 2,038,755 3,330,927 3,241,348 3,454,002 6,921,228 
			 Durham 6,388,105 8,238,417 10,356,184 11,262,163 9,898,272 20,381,790 
			 Ealing 1,416,766 1,451,063 2,011,491 4,075,610 3,312,647 6,016,723 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 699,330 724,511 1,203,060 1,971,244 2,182,268 2,872,875 
			 East Sussex 2,816,824 3,893,477 4,748,740 3,850,916 3,316,030 13,629,602 
			 Enfield 1,315,744 1,383,859 2,181,936 3,044,367 2,940,685 4,736,110 
			 Essex 2,279,687 2,446,694 3,829,794 3,695,985 6,744,764 13,444,212 
			 Gateshead 2,367,756 2,561,163 2,993,764 3,703,748 3,339,523 6,454,847 
			 Gloucestershire 1,157,971 1,422,103 2,334,527 3,490,142 4,252,368 6,944,959 
			 Greenwich 3,065,929 3,644,687 3,687,766 3,478,031 2,928,769 10,525,461 
			 Hackney 4,283,126 5,286,196 6,536,805 8,349,483 6,840,784 11,777,063 
			 Halton 2,482,187 3,332,537 3,953,978 3,706,949 3,128,584 4,798,098 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,749,699 2,086,587 2,130,907 2,153,039 1,734,015 3,429,210 
			 Hampshire 1,232,097 1,577,381 1,829,281 3,961,009 6,945,331 6,011,092 
			 Haringey 3,339,420 4,142,120 4,594,072 5,962,668 4,811,575 12,704,519 
			 Harrow 0 0 0 759,153 873,408 1,129,862 
			 Hartlepool 2,032,263 2,202,889 2,618,302 2,927,450 2,570,523 4,921,876 
			 Havering 744,128 827,059 877,892 1,513,779 1,882,483 2,910,289 
			 Herefordshire 714,217 718,767 955,608 1,350,751 1,282,198 2,498,461 
			 Hertfordshire 0 5,486 321,853 3,090,625 3,955,463 7,243,926 
			 Hillingdon 686,196 759,801 869,441 1,343,487 1,860,292 1,615,636 
			 Hounslow 744,600 800,335 1,062,747 2,574,292 2,086,533 3,798,597 
			 Isle of Wight 685,602 635,263 1,087,148 1,075,833 1,293,268 2,431,724 
			 Isles of Scilly 0 0 65,824 137,141 127,273 0 
			 Islington 3,470,106 4,494,944 5,638,189 6,573,038 5,594,339 10,324,567 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 1,088,069 1,307,984 1,589,082 1,891,508 1,812,465 3,683,422 
			 Kent 5,322,156 6,516,291 7,458,498 6,490,832 10,542,106 17,954,344 
			 Kingston upon Hull 4,387,044 5,167,439 6,570,364 6,619,223 6,032,778 10,712,182 
			 Kingston upon Thames 0 0 0 595,120 808,095 744,761 
			 Kirklees 2,444,400 3,080,760 5,015,063 3,411,988 2,948,402 11,930,440 
			 Knowsley 2,843,784 3,393,331 4,202,432 3,356,195 2,772,182 8,044,183 
			 Lambeth 3,705,498 4,484,511 6,323,222 6,605,583 8,032,617 13,264,068 
			 Lancashire 9,383,926 11,615,052 15,160,442 17,400,049 17,833,522 31,994,581 
			 Leeds 4,641,320 5,300,404 7,879,956 9,166,923 9,356,074 17,391,062 
			 Leicester City 3,462,817 5,213,243 6,547,270 7,631,859 7,780,950 14,041,010 
			 Leicestershire 391,691 663,738 895,114 785,600 662,048 6,258,691 
			 Lewisham 3,175,857 3,853,158 4,606,830 3,857,762 3,163,592 8,635,750 
			 Lincolnshire 3,945,225 4,772,638 5,393,463 6,665,603 6,127,592 14,765,088 
			 Liverpool 6,071,361 7,472,516 10,297,380 11,132,779 11,430,736 21,395,808 
			 Luton 489,701 699,416 1,247,703 2,074,274 2,337,785 4,273,295 
			 Manchester 6,119,192 7,447,219 9,470,770 8,391,237 9,824,296 14,150,034 
			 Medway 744,429 863,254 1,419,995 2,258,227 2,518,735 5,533,156 
			 Merton 415,445 728,330 741,160 1,581,941 1,595,624 1,658,693 
			 Middlesbrough 2,929,556 3,553,786 3,950,493 4,568,275 3,636,661 8,395,883 
			 Milton Keynes 655,984 743,884 1,073,538 1,592,490 1,636,564 2,951,121 
			 NE Lincolnshire 2,768,016 3,329,898 3,698,098 4,167,023 3,698,325 12,105,435 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 3,842,772 4,873,032 5,432,213 6,253,177 5,823,446 8,374,725 
			 Newham 4,899,609 5,767,383 6,943,172 7,920,973 7,180,196 16,287,137 
			 Norfolk 3,948,978 5,154,535 6,412,916 7,715,646 7,085,456 10,119,733 
			 North Lincolnshire 1,269,500 1,455,894 1,807,366 2,367,860 2,105,769 3,367,920 
			 North Somerset 665,677 726,095 952,336 1,412,763 1,507,909 1,607,260 
			 North Tyneside 1,994,654 2,241,313 2,718,340 3,294,865 3,350,742 7,989,737 
			 North Yorkshire 1,121,964 1,336,423 1,831,229 2,553,867 3,138,061 6,472,542 
			 Northamptonshire 2,767,930 3,368,055 3,827,318 6,309,748 5,008,873 10,912,198 
			 Northumberland 3,121,510 3,723,771 4,096,900 4,807,778 4,204,441 9,514,498 
			 Nottingham City 4,344,223 5,130,045 6,146,486 5,059,066 4,304,828 13,165,254 
			 Nottinghamshire 4,711,171 6,084,644 7,244,126 6,453,623 5,341,639 20,659,791 
			 Oldham 2,294,086 2,611,972 3,446,663 4,535,561 4,908,702 9,903,790 
			 Oxfordshire 1,028,500 1,229,618 1,308,120 3,147,236 2,927,093 4,643,990 
			 Peterborough 1,809,681 1,954,144 2,540,687 3,169,241 2,681,767 5,242,970 
			 Plymouth 2,471,313 2,874,443 3,431,902 4,073,481 3,761,690 7,216,170 
			 Poole 0 0 0 191,250 594,136 1,135,633 
			 Portsmouth 1,264,620 1,500,303 1,895,654 2,533,978 2,368,029 3,191,961 
			 Reading 755,000 815,079 977,535 1,603,954 1,481,557 1,937,445 
			 Redbridge 610,385 721,191 1,220,569 2,247,206 1,940,299 3,558,714 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 2,441,213 2,920,321 3,290,511 3,129,396 2,819,544 7,207,119 
			 Richmond upon Thames 0 0 0 791,372 1,117,583 1,239,171 
			 Rochdale 2,663,066 3,240,476 4,011,941 5,027,881 4,577,870 9,187,350 
			 Rotherham 1,960,459 2,107,249 2,918,716 1,988,066 3,839,756 8,262,256 
			 Rutland 0 0 0 0 0 458,138 
			 Salford 2,750,856 3,273,911 4,218,914 5,097,145 5,092,005 10,541,747 
			 Sandwell 3,822,033 4,715,135 6,935,004 8,041,907 7,251,232 15,216,188 
			 Sefton 2,555,021 2,860,347 3,295,388 4,040,696 4,025,191 7,189,852 
			 Sheffield 4,820,711 5,748,300 5,968,152 5,704,835 4,669,791 11,184,389 
			 Shropshire 1,208,412 1,474,427 1,744,448 1,548,982 1,305,372 4,268,130 
			 Slough 708,429 692,536 934,260 1,620,115 1,494,917 1,808,281 
			 Solihull 720,876 755,639 1,164,878 1,815,511 1,696,367 2,872,233 
			 Somerset 1,995,781 2,246,739 2,909,294 3,700,037 3,743,297 8,252,662 
			 South Gloucestershire 0 0 0 946,333 1,273,818 1,619,195 
			 South Tyneside 2,392,924 2,896,369 3,437,141 4,380,581 3,989,044 7,763,833 
			 Southampton 1,593,902 1,800,840 2,233,999 2,953,344 2,797,688 5,698,593 
			 Southend 650,000 652,613 945,455 1,290,990 1,539,157 2,631,127 
			 Southwark 4,841,458 5,773,606 7,105,078 8,664,773 7,329,649 14,111,579 
			 St Helens 2,683,347 3,451,901 4,248,141 3,461,307 2,911,305 9,611,379 
			 Staffordshire 3,420,406 3,459,755 4,213,454 5,990,872 6,975,081 10,449,472 
			 Stockport 597,228 3,750,019 968,135 2,137,466 1,896,553 3,982,148 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 2,959,248 644,598 4,168,682 3,836,548 3,155,902 7,816,193 
			 Stoke on Trent 4,396,329 4,794,613 5,587,731 4,398,091 3,449,846 11,479,260 
			 Suffolk 1,778,409 2,158,319 2,587,539 4,360,907 5,196,760 9,273,315 
			 Sunderland 4,134,708 4,943,826 6,219,195 6,543,067 5,469,474 12,809,583 
			 Surrey 0 0 80,340 1,545,357 2,919,055 3,983,599 
			 Sutton 495,817 700,208 1,018,432 1,372,516 1,889,667 2,560,400 
			 Swindon 754,769 847,681 1,153,713 1,595,119 1,879,232 3,841,288 
			 Tameside 2,161,541 2,716,862 3,588,200 4,127,811 4,354,183 7,614,993 
			 Telford and the Wrekin 1,185,342 1,445,490 1,512,447 1,348,654 1,169,537 3,886,054 
			 Thurrock 875,450 889,512 1,272,558 1,673,054 1,970,939 3,258,875 
			 Torbay 1,177,153 1,565,512 1,897,685 2,052,410 1,909,418 5,003,186 
			 Tower Hamlets 4,377,958 5,291,872 5,743,059 7,297,693 7,361,975 11,831,221 
			 Trafford 469,833 503,743 793,653 1,871,656 1,954,114 3,506,102 
			 Wakefield 2,443,231 2,991,768 4,078,569 5,064,116 5,506,944 10,935,594 
			 Walsall 2,869,573 3,509,691 4,536,032 5,929,141 5,435,428 10,827,910 
			 Waltham Forest 2,045,046 2,960,185 4,047,816 2,807,347 2,428,644 8,201,136 
			 Wandsworth 1,319,785 1,589,032 1,847,460 3,007,408 2,610,230 6,355,958 
			 Warrington 1,036,767 1,266,326 1,700,177 2,449,004 2,651,225 4,624,908 
			 Warwickshire 1,405,163 1,210,086 1,540,640 3,326,379 4,143,741 8,537,956 
			 West Berkshire 0 0 0 472,812 538,032 934,158 
			 West Sussex 1,023,194 1,504,270 2,128,382 1,471,576 1,240,140 4,418,336 
			 Westminster 1,817,255 2,215,173 2,672,509 3,241,846 3,034,775 4,839,071 
			 Wigan 1,093,405 1,162,269 2,578,218 4,076,436 4,198,570 5,076,437 
			 Wiltshire 0 0 86,000 1,672,898 2,135,486 3,924,606 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 0 0 0 430,294 642,032 1,042,310 
			 Wirral 2,396,851 2,966,387 4,188,872 4,976,227 5,307,493 10,092,574 
			 Wokingham 0 0 11,994 450,870 790,201 484,220 
			 Wolverhampton 2,997,011 3,974,474 4,906,402 5,693,847 5,311,341 9,271,159 
			 Worcestershire 1,879,426 2,081,621 2,416,921 3,810,001 4,061,717 8,632,504 
			 York 467,000 601,860 699,927 992,562 1,184,614 2,094,078 
			 Total 308,361,426 371,230,349 472,767,237 563,052,390 560,053,519 1,114,406,891 
			 (1) Not all audits have been received from the Sure Start Local Programmes. For those programmes with outstanding audits an average spend rate has been applied to their allocation to produce a likely spend. Similarly five of the most deprived authorities were in Local Area Agreements in 2006/07 and 2007/08 and were not required to submit statements of spend to the Department. An average spend has been applied for these authorities. 
		
	
	In depth data to allow the spend in each of the areas of deprivation to be determined are available from 2003-04. The revenue spend in the 20 per cent., 10 per cent. and 5 per cent. most deprived local authorities areas, as identified by the Index of Multiple Deprivation 1997 (the latest year for which data are available), is given in table B.
	
		
			  Table B - SSLP and Children's Centres revenue spend 2003-04 to 2007-08 by deprivation level of area 
			  Deprivation level  20 03/04  20 04/05  20 05/06  20 06/07  20 07/08 
			 0 - 5% (8 Local authorities) 34,994,692 42,707,247 52,782,300 57,589,673 54,641,169 
			 5 - 10% (7 Local authorities) 27,601,975 33,122,806 47,327,552 52,476,125 47,780,812 
			 10 - 20% (15 Local authorities) 48,398,126 60,941,713 76,269,567 83,492,249 78,775,898 
			 Total 110,994,793 136,771,766 176,379,420 193,558,047 181,197,879 
		
	
	The Sure Start local programmes received a single capital allocation. The capital spend from 1999-00 to 2007-08 is shown in table C.
	
		
			  Table C. SSLP and Children's Centres Capital spend from 1999 to 2007-08 by deprivation level of area 
			  Deprivation level  Capital 
			 0-5% (8 Local Authorities) 102,223,852 
			 5 - 10% (7 Local Authorities) 23,043,139 
			 10 - 20% (15 Local Authorities) 43,994,611 
			 Total 91,799,625

Truancy

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 6 October 2008,  Official Report, columns 518-20W, on truancy, how many  (a) fathers and  (b) mothers were (i) fined and (ii) imprisoned for their children's non-attendance at school in 2007.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Ministry of Justice collects data for England and Wales on prosecutions brought against parents under the Education Act 1996 for the offence under s444(1) for failing to secure their child's regular attendance at school; and for prosecutions under s444(1A), the aggravated offence of knowing that their child is failing to attend school regularly. It is possible, because of the way courts record data that some data are collected under the more general heading of various offences under the Education Act 1996.
	The information on the number of people by gender sentenced and given fines or immediate custodial sentences is detailed in the table.
	The Department also separately collects for England data on penalty notices issued to parents for failing to ensure that their child attends school regularly and for the school academic year 2006/07 this was 14,625. The Department does not collect data by gender type.
	
		
			  Adult male and f emale  sentenced for child truanting offences'( 1) , 2007 
			   Fined  Immediate custody 
			  Parent failing to secure their child's regular attendance at school'( 2)   
			 Male 831 1 
			 Female 2,281 5 
			
			  Parent knowing that their child is failing to attend school regularly without reasonable justification to cause him or her to attend school   
			 Male 187 3 
			 Female 489 8 
			 (1) These data are extracted on the principal offence basis.  Note: These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.  Source: OMS Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice